Transport committee  As I said, I think the Government of Quebec has been very progressive. They have passed special legislation to facilitate public-private partnership arrangements. They have a special office managing that. There will be an independent auditor. I'm sure they have access to all the independent resources.

Transport committee  Essentially, yes. But to be clear, we're only in phase one, this $21 million phase; we're at the call for proposals stage. When a proponent will have been retained, when we have the details that will have been negotiated between the Province of Quebec and the private partner, then we'll sit down with the Province of Quebec and sort out the details of how this project will be implemented, dealing with cost overruns and so on.

Transport committee  No. What you saw is what is unfolding. There's a call for qualifications. There may be a dozen proponents for all we know. There may be several consortia. It will be brought down to probably three. Those three qualified proponents will receive a call for specific proposals. Out of that, one proponent will be selected.

Transport committee  Allow me to explain. Before budget 2006, there was no road fund. So all of the money invested in roads was under the strategic fund. Since then a road fund was created: the Highways and Borders Infrastructure Fund. The government set aside $2 billion in the strategic fund. We can assume that money for public transit will flow in large part from this fund.

Transport committee  Yes, all right, but that does not mean that funds under the pilot project may not also be admissible in the future.

Transport committee  Why not?

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  Okay. In the last budget the government voted $26 million for air cargo security, and we have whole team working on that now. Mr. John Forster, who has just joined us, could give you the details of what we're working on right now.

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  The industry.

Transport committee  Well, let me take thirty seconds. We set up three teams this summer and spent considerable time across the country talking to all ten provinces and territories. If there was something we heard loud and clear, it was to allow more flexibility. With respect to the overall direction and the spirit of those funds, that's what we're working on right now.

Transport committee  That was a major decision that was announced at Charlottetown in September. Even in New Brunswick, we've argued that there is still a lot of work to be done on core. We're hoping that if we continue to inject significant funds on core, this will allow the province to reallocate some of its money to feeders.

Transport committee  That's correct.

Transport committee  Yes, Mr. Johnstone in particular.

Transport committee  Yes, absolutely. The detail plan was produced by the industry, which devoted considerable resources and talent to it. It is a comprehensive document, as you saw.