Ms. Helena Borges at the Transport, Infrastructure and Communities Committee

On November 21st, 2006. See this statement in context.

November 21st, 2006 / 5:20 p.m.

Director General, Surface Transportation Policy, Department of Transport

I was just going to clarify for Mr. Carrier that we're not opposing that; we're supporting that.

We support the principle that the government has to intervene, but the only thing we do not want to see is a directive word. We want to say it’s important but, if market forces do not allow that objective to be met, yes, the government has to intervene.

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