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Government Operations committee  We did have one project with the City of Moncton for district energy heating systems. We had approved it, but in the end the city council decided they couldn't actually afford to go ahead with it, so they withdrew the project. At this point, there are no others in Atlantic Canada

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  Yes. I couldn't give you a number or a listing, but I know for sure there were others.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  There are a variety of reasons. It's a merit-based program there. It's not like the Building Canada fund, for which there is an allocation of funds per capita to each province and then we sit down and negotiate with the province which projects would be supported.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  I do not believe we've had any discussion around the Lower Churchill project, because the government had already extended loan guarantees for that project. There was an early proposal for tidal power--

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  --as a demonstration project, but we weren't in the business of doing demonstration projects under this fund. It doesn't invest in trials of technology and demonstration. It needs things to be more proven.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  It could potentially be funded, but at this point there is very limited money left in the fund for any major new projects.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  We had the one with Moncton but they withdrew.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  There were two decisions by Treasury Board—approved by Treasury Board—to transfer money out of the green infrastructure fund, June 17 and September 30. The first approval of June 17—

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  Oh, sorry--2010, Mr. Chair. In November 2010, Parliament approved the first of those transfers, $25 million out of the green infrastructure fund to Natural Resources Canada for their forest industry transformation program, $25 million of about $100 million.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  It's not all gone through Parliament yet. You, for example, in supplementary estimates (B) tabled this fall, included a transfer of $4.5 million out of about $22 million to Aboriginal and Northern Development Canada for environmental assessment work.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  The government has taken a policy decision. The transfers will occur to Parliament in the main estimates or in supplementary estimates. In the main estimates, as Yaprak mentioned, there were transfers for this fiscal year approved in June. So there were re-profilings of the fund

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  Yes, of $170 million.

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  No, excuse me. The first phase of the money that needed to be transferred for the fiscal year 2010-2011 was $25 million to Natural Resources Canada. That was in our supplementary estimates (B) last year, and that was voted and approved. Not all of the $145 million has been tran

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  Yes, the $25 million for NRCan, and then in June, when Parliament approved the main estimates, there was an additional $25 million again for this fiscal year to Natural Resources Canada and $15 million to Economic Development Quebec for some of their projects. So you've now appro

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster

Government Operations committee  You mean the ones that were completed?

December 1st, 2011Committee meeting

John Forster