Evidence of meeting #24 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was program.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
The political risk is not an item that's itemized anywhere within the budget, and I don't think we would ask any of our witnesses to--
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Liberal
David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON
With all due respect, Mr. Chairman, as someone who has negotiated half a dozen large international infrastructure deals, political risk is part of government factoring in of its management systems globally.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
And if it is, I would suggest that would be answered duly by the minister, not by someone from the department.
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Liberal
David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON
The question is simply, is political risk something that you look at on your checklist of elements for the management of the accountability framework on page 8 of the Transport Canada estimates?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Again, if we want to send that out to him in writing, we can certainly ask the minister to respond directly to the committee.
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Liberal
David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON
Mr. Chairman, could I ask you perhaps to take that on then, to contact the minister, and let's get an answer on the political risk question?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
I think with the time, I would ask the committee's indulgence. Do we want to bring the department officials back once more before the committee? I would look for direction.
Mr. Laframboise.
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NDP
Olivia Chow NDP Trinity—Spadina, ON
I understand that we will be dealing with the infrastructure study on November 22 anyway, and they will all be here. I wonder if at that meeting the department could perhaps provide us with a breakdown of the provinces from last year and what the plan is for this year. It would facilitate our discussion if, while discussing the various funds and the budget, we could have both of them with the expenditure details. I think that would be useful.
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Conservative
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Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
I was going to suggest, Mr. Chair, that I see no purpose in it, basically, because all the questions were asked. But if there is a member who would like a specific question answered by the department, if they send it to me tomorrow I'd certainly be prepared to forward it to the department for an answer before the deadline on the estimates.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Thank you.
Thank you to our guests today.
I would suggest to the committee that rather than go through the estimates by line item, effective at the end of this week they'll be noted duly reported back to the House. Is there agreement?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
