Government Operations committee  Actually, through the environmental assessment process, there were seven different departments that had to sign off on the project, and we also worked very closely with the Canadian Transportation Agency, which was providing its approval on this.

Government Operations committee  Through my colleagues at Transport Canada, we understand that the minister was fully supportive of this project and that he did submit positively to Treasury Board.

Government Operations committee  Hello. My name is Réjean Chartrand, former employee of the City of Ottawa.