Mr. Christopher Smillie at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On November 17th, 2009. See this statement in context.

November 17th, 2009 / 4:20 p.m.

Policy Analyst, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, Canadian Office

Christopher Smillie

Well, the falling off a cliff in 2012 is if the stimulus money doesn't move forward. I guess it's hard to explain, but in construction, the work that has been planned in 2010 and 2011 won't roll out until the end of 2012. So we're about a year and a half behind everything else. So 2012 could be scary if private industry doesn't move forward during 2010 and 2011 with a number of the projects that government is looking for them to do.

Is that fair?

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