Evidence of meeting #49 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 million.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Can that amount be found in any particular program? Is that amount part of a program or fund?
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Conservative
Lawrence Cannon Conservative Pontiac, QC
Mr. Bélanger, one of the recommendations put forward by the panel ordered to review the NCC mandate deals precisely with the issue of the use of state property by public institutions.
You are asking if there's a program. I am replying that as we move to implement the panel's recommendations relative to reviewing the NCC mandate, we will be dealing with that issue.
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Liberal
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Deputy Minister, Department of Transport
Treasury Board is a cabinet committee, and a decision has been made.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
All government expenditures are usually registered in a program, and Treasury Board attaches conditions, correct?
Is this transfer subject to any conditions?
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Deputy Minister, Department of Transport
The conditions are the same as for the department's ordinary expenditures.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
I want to come back to that, but I'd like to know if there is a specific duration. Is it the same as a lease? Has the transfer been done?
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Liberal
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
I think that the lease—
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
They renewed the lease until 2013.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
No, the lease was already in existence. Was the lease extended?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
When the lease expires in 2013, it will be renewed. It amounted to $1 per year.
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Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Does Transport Canada enjoy similar conditions? What is the relation between Transport Canada and the NCC with regard to the extension? Is there a different figure?
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
At this time it is an annual transfer to the NCC budget.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
The transfer amounts to $23,000.
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
That will have to be determined at that time.
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Liberal
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Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Services, Department of Transport
We know that up to 2013, it will be $23,000 a year.