Transport committee  It will be overseen by MDOT in Lansing.

Transport committee  Of course, there has to be oversight. There must be oversight. Absolutely. What we've done is we've made an offer of assistance in terms of how the financing is put together. We've got 11 kilometres in Ontario. We've got I think a little more than a kilometre to the I-75. It's quite a complex interchange.

Transport committee  I don't share your view.

Transport committee  We are prepared to send you a copy of our agreement with Quebec for the Building Canada Fund. It is working rather well. I think that in the case of large municipalities, the majority of large-scale projects have already been announced. I believe that 83% of the projects, which is 18 projects, have already been announced, and that represents more than $1.2 billion.

Transport committee  I'm very prepared to look at funding and providing funding to support it.

Transport committee  As far as a royal recommendation of the bill, if that was one of the ways to do it, you bet.

Transport committee  Could you repeat that?

Transport committee  There's no doubt about it that I am very supportive, the government is very supportive, of building a Holocaust memorial. I would certainly be prepared to look at public funds to support that. I've had good discussions with Tim Uppal about that.

Transport committee  I'm prepared to work with the committee on that, no doubt.

Transport committee  One of the challenges in the Canadian system that's different from the American system is that, as a cabinet minister, I'm not allowed to direct a criminal investigation, nor am I allowed to direct that criminal charges be laid. I could ask my deputy minister to comment further on that.

Transport committee  Well, right now, the issue is currently under investigation by the department. I'll ask my deputy to give you a more specific response.

Transport committee  She's brief, thorough, smart, savvy, sharp.

Transport committee  It's always smart to put a good deputy with a minister like me.

Transport committee  If the department feels they need more resources to deal with safety, I'm surely prepared to take it up with my cabinet colleagues, but I have not got that request at this stage.

Transport committee  I think there's no doubt that the State of Michigan has some significant financial pressures. That was a significant issue for legislators. This has been done in the past, but the other way around, where the Americans supported the Blue Water Bridge in Sarnia.... I think there's no doubt that it assisted.