I thought our witnesses would have an opportunity to respond. Like Mr. Dion, I am a bit disappointed with the comments of the officials from the Treasury Board Secretariat. That is not at all what I expected to hear. I was expecting to hear a nice presentation by Transport Canada on how it prepared the report. As Mr. Dion said, I expected more substance, I expected the report to give more explanations.
It is hard for me to understand why the gaps between projected spending and actual spending were not explained. I want to give the Transport Canada official a chance to explain the gaps. May I suggest that he start by explaining something I want to know: the Gateways and Border Crossings Fund, as well as all of the efforts towards the Ontario-Quebec corridor requested by the stakeholders. Could the official give us some details on what is happening with that?
My riding is on the Ontario-Quebec border and has done a lot to further this initiative. I am disappointed to see that the report does not include any information on where Transport Canada stands on this initiative.