Environment committee  I see how it works at the City of Montreal. Sometimes they have to apply and fill out forms for 10 different ministries—fisheries and infrastructure and this and that—and then, by the time they're finished, the law changes and they have to redo the whole thing. It's taking us years and years to get approvals for something.

Environment committee  Congratulations.

Environment committee  The leaks in our infrastructure are up to 24% right now. It's pretty bad as well. We're the worst. Montreal is the worst consumer of water. We're at the top.

Environment committee  We're trying to get to the medium bar. We looked at Toronto. Toronto did a lot to lower it. They have the water meters. They've lowered it, but it hasn't decreased the need for investment so much. It's a small amount. The part that is the production of water is just a couple of percentage points of the need to maintain the whole system.

Environment committee  Exactly. It's different when it's abundant.

Environment committee  It's because Canada is good.

Environment committee  PFAS is definitely one that we don't know how to handle. The cost would explode. We would like the Canadian government to keep pushing. I know we banned it in Canada, but we import it. Everything we have or own has PFAS. If we could push for a regulation on that, it would be great.

Environment committee  Yes, there is a lack of workers in general in every field. Especially for our water plants, in the sewer plants and in the filtration plants, we don't have enough students coming out and graduating. I even went to different schools and talked to them about everything we're doing.

Environment committee  We can detect them, but we can't stop them. If the water were to become radioactive, we could do nothing to change it, because we do not have the necessary equipment. That is one of the reasons why we were against this plan. We do not know exactly what is going to be on the site over the next 50 years.

Environment committee  I will answer first because I have been following the work done by the city of Montreal closely. I can tell you that of the revenue generated by the gasoline tax in Quebec, $200 million has been dedicated to our city. That is the best thing that can happen. It is like a gift from heaven, because it allows us to invest in a truly stable way.

Environment committee  Thank you. First of all, I want to start by thanking the Liberals and the Conservatives, all of the last governments, because they have created something for municipalities that we really appreciate, which is stable, predictable and long-term funding for water infrastructure.