Transport committee  We do have quite a number of park-and-ride sites that are accessible. Our region is interesting because it has very dense urban areas, as you know Vancouver does, and it has a lot of agricultural land and communities that are spread out and separated by large tracts of farmland a

Transport committee  I think we have a huge benefit in our region in that our transportation plan, as Mr. Dobrovolny and Mr. Cummings said, is holistic. It is the whole region and many municipalities and all different formats in terms of a transportation system, public transit, and public transportat

Transport committee  We have established a platform that cuts across the operational areas and is established in finance to basically undertake the work that's required for P3s. Obviously they differ. The complexity of a P3 differs according to what business you're talking about and what kind of infr

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  Yes, I think merit-based is a very important issue and I think how you define merit actually does help. If it's clear from the start what we mean by merit-based and what are the elements that we're going to be assessed on, then at least it's a level playing field and it allows ev

Transport committee  We have a regional authority for transportation planning and implementation and service delivery, so I'll just ask Mr. Dobrovolny to touch on some of the points you raised.

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  I think the structure of the gas tax fund is very elegant. For municipalities it has provided a level of certainty that allows us to plan in advance. The gas tax coming into the Vancouver region—not the city of Vancouver, because as I said the 23 municipalities in the region funn

Transport committee  Thank you, member. I think the FCM has done a good job providing that kind of information to the committee and to the federal government. Essentially municipalities own 60% of the infrastructure, and we have many business lines as you've heard today. We treat water, solid waste.

Transport committee  Thank you very much, member. Well, the total cost of our project in current dollars is approximately $2 billion. As Mr. Dobrovolny indicated, that's all in. That includes rolling stock, construction, and all the associated infrastructure that goes with the expansion of the syste

Transport committee  Thank you very much, member. First, I'll just address some of the latter things you mentioned, and then I'll turn to my colleague from TransLink to address the cost of construction. First of all, we use a whole variety of different sources of funding. At this point in time, to

Transport committee  Yes, I think that as you look at the availability of the funds that have come on stream.... The gas tax was mentioned. That was a huge opportunity for us. In fact, in our region, we've actually dedicated all the regional gas tax money to TransLink with the view that we needed to

Transport committee  Well, I think since I've been in a senior level of public service, obviously the use of public-private partnerships is something Canada has done a lot of work on, and British Columbia was a leader in that way. I came from the health sector, and as deputy of health was responsib

Transport committee  Thank you very much. At the end of the day, if you look at an investment in public transit, first of all, it's a very inexpensive way for people to travel to work. If it's properly done in an integrated way with city planning, it's a very positive place for developers to build d

Transport committee  Yes. I'm sure we can do that.