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Transport committee If you look at the November 4, 2010, supplementary estimates--we'll give you the page numbers and everything--there is money for the forestry program. If you look at the June 3, 2011, main estimates, there's an explanation, again, about the transfers. The report on plans and priorities for 2011-12 and the departmental performance report for 2010-11 contain references that state, “Of the $1 billion originally allocated to the Green Infrastructure Fund, $170 million has been transferred to other federal departments to support high priority initiatives.”
December 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Our assistant deputy minister of operations is going to answer your specific program question.
December 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Are you talking about the $28.4 million?
December 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee There are two pieces to it. One is money to CBSA and the other is strategic review. But Mr. Forster is going to give you the details.
December 7th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Just let me comment on aviation safety. Whatever company looks after the upkeep of Air Canada's or any planes—
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee —our regulatory function checks to make sure they adhere to the Canadian regulations.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee There's money left in the provincial-territorial base for Ontario, but I can't give you any more of an update than that the money is there.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Mr. Chairman, we are staying behind after the first hour and our assistant deputy minister, Helena Borges, who has the details about the land acquisition, will be able to give more detail. That being said, as you can see in the estimates, money has been brought forward and we are keeping money for the plaza.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. It is such a great honour for me to be here. Mr. Lebel has already introduced our team, but I wanted to introduce Natasha Rascanin, the new Assistant Deputy Minister for the Program Operations Branch at Infrastructure Canada, and Mr. McDonald, Ms.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Sure. Thank you very much for the question. Let me go through them one at a time. In terms of minor cuts to road safety and to rail, there is a new organization that was created in the federal government: Shared Services Canada. Basically all of our IT, our computer activities, went to that organization.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Parts of it. I'll give you the numbers. Every group in the department that has IT activities we sent to Shared Services Canada. It got transferred. So with road safety, for example, this is the majority of the amount. Regarding rail, there was some economic action plan money there.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee On operating, it's an $8 million reduction. Close to $2 million went to Shared Services Canada with the IT resources, and $4.1 million was as a result of administrative system streamlining. Basically we're trying to do our jobs better by organizing that. In terms of capital, they have an increase for King Air.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee In last year's budget the government announced that we will be doing a consultation process and a long-term planned development process for the future of infrastructure. This was three years ahead of the sunsetting of all the programs in 2014. This gives us the opportunity to work with all our partners to determine the future needs of the country and what can be done to meet them.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Following the reporting of the rail service review panel, the minister asked Mr. Dinning to facilitate this process. He has been meeting with the shippers as well as the railways. This is an area where there are usually different.... It's a relatively contentious area. I would say Mr.
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Thank you, sir, for the question. I also clarified that $1.9 million of the $8 million went to Shared Services Canada, the IT resources--
March 27th, 2012Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu