Transport committee  I don't see that correlation. What I see, in terms of some of the challenges we've had in continuing to deliver elements of the plan in the city of Toronto, was the election of a new mayor who has priorities that are different from those of the former mayor. It doesn't matter, I

Transport committee  It's $14 billion dollars approximately from the provincial government, and about $1 billion from each of the municipal and the federal governments.

Transport committee  I think it was $1.1 billion.

Transport committee  I believe it was $1.4 billion.

Transport committee  The gas tax money has been a great success story in terms of investment in local infrastructure. I think the municipalities have been using their gas tax money for a variety of different purposes; part of it has been going to transit, part of it to roads, and part of it to other

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I would say that fundamentally from an economic perspective it's about two things. One is that it's about keeping goods and services moving. I mentioned in my presentation that the Toronto region is a funnel through which the central and eastern Can

Transport committee  I would imagine that the federal government would want to make sure that there is a framework for those plans. As to whether the federal government wants to be involved in the development of the plans, I guess my comment would be that I would anticipate there wouldn't be a lot of

Transport committee  I would say that we do engage with the federal government on areas that they have a particular interest in. One example would be rail corridors and goods movement; that is a very important area for freight as well as passenger transportation. So there are elements, I would say, t

Transport committee  If I paraphrase your question, it's what's in it for the federal government? Why would the—

Transport committee  First of all, I would offer that what's in it for the federal government is the positioning of the economy to prosper in the future. I think that's what's in it for the federal government. In terms of the role of the federal government in these processes, yes, obviously a fundi

Transport committee  The good news is that we have a long-term plan now, called the Big Move, and it was adopted by all of our board members, who at the time were municipal mayors and councillors. By and large, it has held over the past three or four years. There have been challenges about which proj

Transport committee  I would agree with everything you said, except for the last three words, “on its own”, because I think for us to build a bit of a success story in building infrastructure and getting support, we've had to have the partnership of all the municipalities, the road authorities, and t

Transport committee  That's a very good point. I would say we've been able to succeed to the extent possible through the support of the Province of Ontario, which provided $14 billion of investment towards the implementation of the first round of projects. What we see in our implementation path forwa

Transport committee  Thanks for the question. It's interesting. Large parts of the greater Toronto and Hamilton area actually are quite rural in nature. We have rural transportation issues that we need to deal with as well, so we can probably relate much more closely than you would expect. The spe

Transport committee  I could cite both a road-based and a transit-based example--