Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank our guests for coming today.
I'm going to start with our friends from Edmonton. I appreciate your getting up early in the morning to join us.
There are some themes we've heard about in the couple of meetings we've had on this. One particular economist said, “The P3 model provides three things. Pick two.” The three things were that P3 can be cheaper, faster, or better.
I just wanted to clarify that this is the P3 model for a school board, because it hasn't happened in my area in Ontario. They are still one-offs. Did the P3 program that was put in place enhance the ability of the school board to build those schools faster, since you had two models to pick from? It sounds as though you got six schools out of the deal. Was that part of the decision-making?
Another thing we are hearing about is transparency and understanding what the deal is or what the agreements are. Would you classify what has happened between your first phase and your second phase as an improvement in transparency and in understanding who is responsible for what? In terms of access to the schools and everything you've mentioned, is that what has happened? Was that an improvement in transparency?