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Transport committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much for the opportunity to bring some clarification to schedule H, which the honourable member has mentioned. To be very clear, the Canada-Ontario infrastructure stimulus agreement does not have a schedule H. We do not collect t
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Mr. Chairman, let me just be very, very clear. The Canada logo appears on the Ontario agreement. We are not sure exactly why they chose to put that logo there. We are seeking clarification from our provincial colleagues. That's one thing. We are not a signatory. That's the seco
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee In regard to the data that was given to our department as part of the quarterly reporting, we submitted the data, the September report, the data we got on projects, to the government operations committee. If this committee also wishes to receive it, we will make it available.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Mr. Chairman, yes, we have done so.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We have provided to the government operations committee, I believe on Monday—
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Yes. We were given a one-week deadline. We provided the information on Tuesday. We delivered it to the committee and they are now looking at it. We would be happy to provide exactly the same data that we provided to the government operations committee.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee I'm going to turn it over to my colleague John Forster, who's actually the associate deputy for infrastructure and who has the details of everything that we have collected.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee The government as a whole has committed some resources to preparations for the Mackenzie gas project. This is money to go to our prairie and northern region so they can continue with the surveillance that's related to this project.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee There's increased aviation activity, for example, so we have to make sure that our inspectors are inspecting that activity. If you would like, sir, I could get you the full breakdown of its—
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee If you don't mind.... There are two ways of doing this. I can't give you the answer, because I don't have the details of it, but I have my ADM responsible for this particular thing. We will be here for the second hour and we can answer it then. Or—
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Before I introduce my colleagues, let me say that this is my first appearance in front of this committee as the deputy minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. It's my pleasure to be here. I'm looking forward to working with the c
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Thank you very much for the question. Mr. Chairman, I would answer the question, but I cannot answer the political elements of it. I can explain what the department has done in terms of expediting the application process. The infrastructure stimulus fund has been quite differen
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee I can speak for our ministry. Whatever was in the fourth report to Parliament is what we have put in as the progress we have made.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We will take your concern to the province, but Mary Komarynsky can explain our role, but we work with the province.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We don't do that particular program, sir. We're not responsible for the recreational program.
December 2nd, 2009Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu