Transport committee  Thank you for your question. For openers, let me just say that communication with the port authorities and between the different stakeholders in the port of Toronto, particularly at the airport, are extremely difficult. One of the reasons for this is that several of the represen

Transport committee  I admit that I've been somewhat removed from this file for the past six months. It has not been my main concern. When the Minister released my report, he stated that he supported this recommendation and would make every effort to improve communication and foster more openness. Th

Transport committee  How much time do I have?

Transport committee  My answer could be very short. I find that they complied with the requirements, that they followed the business rules. I think if you read my report carefully--and I went to some length on the contracts, on the environmental processes that were followed--you'll see that my conc

Transport committee  They were issued at the time the authority determined that the final conditions had been met. It was October 31. On October 30 and October 31, they said, okay, we sign the contract. And not only that, they had discussions with their lawyers. They asked their lawyers, what if, for

Transport committee  Not at all. I was given a free hand. And I didn't know very much about it. I came in out of the cold, and that is why it was so fascinating. I listened to everybody. Everybody wanted to talk to me. I talked to Madame Chow, I talked to Mayor Miller, and I talked to anybody who wan

Transport committee  --with a number of newspaper reporters, a couple of hours after he said this wasn't worth the paper it was written on: well, has he read it? I am not saying that everything is perfect in this report. I was limited, but I think I got to the crux of the problems almost everywhere w

Transport committee  I'm sorry, I don't want to take too much of your time.

Transport committee  In my career I've done a lot of things. I practised law in the last few years. I've been in the Department of Justice. I was deputy minister. I've had a long and very interesting and fascinating career. I have touched on all kinds of matters. This is the first time I've touched o

Transport committee  Quite the reverse. I think over my career I have shown I have an independent mind. I worked for Mr. Trudeau for many years as his deputy minister at the time of the charter. I worked for Mr. Clark for a few months. I worked for Mr. Mulroney as deputy minister, but also as a couns

Transport committee  Well, yes, I think there were comments.... I understand that when people are in political situations and so on, there are words said that may be heard with a different meaning than was intended. I think there were comments, but this was quickly corrected in the later weeks and mo

Transport committee  I don't think there's much I can say. While they had a relationship with the TPA, they were not using it very much. I don't know what their claim would have looked like, but I've not heard that there were any claims. I met with the president of the airline, and this was not rais

Transport committee  I'm not sure I want to answer.

Transport committee  On the question of the cancellation of the decisions, I have not seen anything that shows they had cancelled their previous decisions. Their decisions remain. There were three decisions that remain. That's why, in effect, when— I'm sorry...?

Transport committee  I have not seen anything in the documents I have seen—