You're being contradictory, because you said “this year” and “what are you doing going forward”.
I'm going to respond to what we are doing going forward. We have our five-point action plan. We've looked at every single bureaucratic rule-making...we have within the department.
Premier McGuinty came to the first ministers conference. He brought all the premiers and me a thick binder with the business cases required for the Spadina subway. I asked why this was required as this is not his responsibility. Public transit is a municipal and provincial responsibility. I indicated, for example, to the specific concern he raised, that we would eliminate that requirement so decisions could be made more expeditiously.
I believe that with the work we've done in not requiring provincial framework agreements, not requiring the load of work that's come forward in previous years, together with the five-point action plan, we will be able to spend the full $4 billion that has been appropriated in the budget and that this committee has been asked to consider.
I'm very excited by the opportunity to be held accountable, on three separate occasions, as requested by Parliament.