Everyone in support of this is using it as a proxy for "fighting climate change" but none of the suggestions (walking, biking, buses, subways) are alternatives

Everyone in support of this is using it as a proxy for "fighting climate change" but none of the suggestions (walking, biking, buses, subways) are alternatives for the transportation on the roads the Federal government helps fund (inter-provincial highways) and/or they still use the same projects (big infrastructure like tunnels and bridges). A few points: * the Federal government already does very little funding of road projects (directly) * this "announcement" does not signal any increase in funding for the projects supporters here want to see * this minister doesn't directly control any of the actual departments that would be involved in funding, beyond the approval process that makes pretty much all large projects (roads or otherwise) impossible to get started * Guilbeault is a central-Canada true Liberal who's viewpoint represents a pretty small perspective. Given the current climate I bet he's really speaking to his base to try and get re-elected, more than any broader pan-Canadian concern.