Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you very much for the question, sir. With deference to my new friend who is sitting with me, we would not support the idea that suddenly a federal or a provincial government would stop contributing to the construction of roads and bridges in our community. This is a tradi

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's correct. There was a commitment made by the former minister to work in partnership, and obviously that situation changed. We have requested of the new minister that we meet with him, and at this stage we are unsure of how that is going to proceed. We don't have any indicat

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We have.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I hope I understand the question properly. You're talking about potential changes to the green fund?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you for the question.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No, we have not.

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Could I confer with my colleague? Does that sound familiar?

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Once again, thank you for the question. I can't speak with any great knowledge of the particular project in Montreal, but I can say, with respect to Bill C-30 in front of the committee and the amendments spoken thereto, in particular subclause 46(2), which talks about amending s

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you for the question. I would like to answer in English. It was an excellent question. I have a pretty good answer. If the direct question is how can the federal government maximize its efficiency in terms of dollars spent, I might suggest using programs like the program

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you again for the question. With specific reference to the Kyoto Protocol, it is accepted FCM policy that the Kyoto Protocol is worth striving for. I should also add that within our organization a lot of individual municipalities across Canada have adopted a commitment tow

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Absolutely, Mr. Godfrey, and I'm sorry that I missed that part of your question, because that's a huge part of our suggestion as municipal governments from across Canada. We have specific asks in our written presentation, not the least of which is we're recommending that the prea

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Godfrey. I can tell you generally that I think our organization would, at worst, certainly have no problem with emission targets being set. However, at best I think we'd be completely accepting of emission targets as aggressive as the go

Bill C-30 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairperson. My name is Gord Steeves and I'm the acting president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. I'm joined by one of our senior policy analysts, Mary Jane Middelkoop. As you may be aware, Mr. Chairperson, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities

Health committee  When you talk about the development of a city, we always talk about how we fund our cities. Is property tax the best way to do it? We've been asking for growth-type revenues in terms of our provincial governments and how we work with them so we don't have to rely on property taxe

Health committee  On crime prevention, that was one of the points Mr. Fletcher raised, quite rightly. In cities like Winnipeg, crime prevention, reduction, and combat is a three-pronged approach. Only one prong has to do with policing, and it involves arrest, detaining, and turning over to the a