It says that no action was taken, but it sounds like it requested an engineering plan.
Then in 2006, “The JCCBI conducted an independent life-cycle cost analysis for the existing bridge and concluded that maintaining the existing bridge would cost more than building a new bridge by 2021,” and the information provided to decision-makers was “Financial analysis results in the FBCL corporate plan”.
The reason I'm asking about this aspect goes back to an issue that we'll be looking at next Tuesday, which is your message in the most recent Auditor General report. That Auditor General report talks about the “obedient culture” in the public service. Because of this culture, the government's short-term perspective can conflict with the public service's more long-term view.
Mr. Ferguson, did you see that culture here in this audit of Infrastructure Canada?