Transport committee  Through the chair, there may be a conflict of public pursuits here, because I do think that it's in the interests of the Canada Pension Plan to make rates of return and deliver pensions to Canadians. The other public test, though, is this: is the 407 in the interests of the rat

Transport committee  From the point of view of institutional investors or pension fund investors, there may be nothing wrong with it. Are these—

Transport committee  I don't think we can be dogmatic on these things. The private sector builds public sector infrastructure, almost universally across Canada. It is not a role for the public sector to build a hospital or build a superhighway. Public employees are in a maintenance function when it c

Transport committee  Thank you. Through the chair, the United Kingdom's a crystal clear example of what the lack of transparency or open discussion at the front end can lead to. When you build a hospital and you can't afford to run it, whether you're a provincial government or a U.K. government, the

Transport committee  Time will tell. I think it's a very imperfect way to deal with.... The history of Canada is to try government cooperation. There's not going to be a constitutional...as Professor Stoney says. I don't see a solution to the real grievance of municipalities. We're stuck with one ano

Transport committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is Paul Moist. I'm the president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. We're very happy to appear in front of you and spend a few moments talking about infrastructure and its financing. We work along

Finance committee  Through the chair, Budget 2011 made a commitment to Canada's mayors and councillors, all of whom met in Halifax in June. The Minister of Transport spoke for the Government of Canada. The commitment made in Budget 2011 was to sit down and talk about a long-term, stable system of f

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, the member is asking about a private member's bill that has yet to come before committee. We'll speak to that bill when it comes through committee. But on page 3 of our formal submission to this finance committee, we talk about something Mr. Carney has spoken to you a

Finance committee  I think, Mr. Chairman, that this is a replay of yesterday. This is a triumph of partisanship over talking about Budget 2012 and I won't be party to that.

Finance committee  Yesterday, Mr. Chairman, he asked me if I drove to the transport committee hearing. It's conduct unbecoming of parliamentarians, and I won't stand for it. We're here to talk about Budget 2012, and I'd be pleased to answer any questions about that.

Finance committee  We support the current income tax provision, which encodes there accountability measures that are enshrined in our constitution. We'll speak to Bill C-317, I think it is, when it comes before committee.

Finance committee  We're in complete agreement and compliance with the current Income Tax Act provisions vis-à-vis trade unions and we support those.

Finance committee  Thank you. Budget 2012 will be like all the budgets that came prior to it. It's about choices. We talked at the transportation committee yesterday, and on page 3 of our formal submission to this committee, we show that total government net debt to GDP is at low levels compared t

Finance committee  What happened in the United Kingdom was that the government was left to run the Metronet system after the private operator collapsed. The same things happened in heath care. We have examples from across Canada of the public being left at the gate when private companies fail, and

Finance committee  Through the chair, thank you. Yesterday we presented to the transportation committee and spent a good deal of time talking about infrastructure. There's an appropriate role for the private sector in building Canada. But in the financing area and in the operation area, we're repl