Transport committee  It's not the process that's more expensive. It's that the process lacks the ability to ferret out all the products that exist in the marketplace to help spur a truly competitive process. For instance, in our case, in the water and sewer industry, the engineer determines which pip

Transport committee  They're no longer making wood. It was just never replaced.

Transport committee  I think Montreal is a special case. I think there are inquiries and arrests that are taking place, which helps to explain what's going on there. The concept of habituation is that we've always done it this way and we're going to continue doing it this way. That's what the U.S. C

Transport committee  I'm not familiar as much with Vancouver. I'm very familiar with Montreal. Montreal would have to be the worst of the three, and probably Toronto would be the best, along with Vancouver. I know that Vancouver has certain limitations in the city proper. I think it only allows iron

Transport committee  It's difficult to say. I'm more familiar with U.S. figures right now. It's certainly not an A-plus grade; maybe a B grade. Their procurement policies have been improved, but as well it's been a long time that they've been following a more restricted procurement in many areas.

Transport committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, thank you for having me here today, and thank you for addressing this very important subject. I echo some of the comments of my colleagues, Dan and Greg. I think municipal governments have more money than they say they have. I think we can