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Transport committee Absolutely.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Absolutely. I mentioned the prioritization framework. We've consulted with our municipal partners on that. I'd be quite happy to table that with you as well.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Thank you for your time.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee I'll be quick. I'll give you the time to do that. Yes, I'm aware of the consultation that will be coming up in terms of the renewal or replacement of the Building Canada programs. That is an avenue, clearly, through which municipalities and regional authorities can engage with t
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Right.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Yes, I would say that the way I look at the potential federal programs going forward is that there's a base that all communities should have access to, and gas tax funding is an element of that base. There probably should be some kind of dedicated stream for mid- to large-sized
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee We use a mix. We look at each element, each criterion, to see what the value is—for example, in cost recovery—and then how it contributes to the overall mix and relates to the project as a whole.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee We do a business case analysis on each project we put forward and we rate them. Some of them have a positive of over 1.0 business case, which means that it's a net contributor. Some of them have a very low value. We take that information to our board and ultimately to our fundi
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Yes, it does.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Some of those projects were cost-shared projects. I mentioned the Spadina subway extension, for example. The TTC is actually delivering that project. But the bus rapid transit system in York Region, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT in Toronto, the Air Rail Link to Pearson airport, an
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee We have a number of different mechanisms to exercise control and accountability. One is obviously the competitive nature of the marketplace in general, and we monitor very closely the number of bids we get in. We do our own estimates of the cost of the work before we put it out o
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee In terms of change orders and things of that nature?
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Yes. Whenever you're in a construction process--and anyone who has done a renovation of a home realizes this--sometimes the final price is not exactly the same as the original price. We've all experienced that.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Yes, we do have procedures built in.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig
Transport committee Information and information technology is actually a place where we need to take a more concerted look. Again, when we look at areas where we need to do a better job, I and IT is one of those areas. As for intelligent transportation systems, obviously we're implementing PRESTO
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Bruce McCuaig