Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Good morning. CUPE is very privileged to represent just over 600,000 Canadians, people delivering front-line public services from coast to coast to coast. Our members don't just deliver these services; they depend on them as accessible, afforda

Transport committee  We've tried to answer that. We would make different spending priorities within existing allocations. We would make revisions to the tax code to apply a fairer tax system. We would end the capital gains windfall that some Canadians enjoy. We would make tax moves that would free up

Transport committee  Yes, they'd be a combination of, increasingly, real estate; fixed income instruments, including ones issued by your government; and equity markets.

Transport committee  All I’d say in response to that is that I appreciate your intervention. When I watched the Minister of Transport speak in Halifax in June to 2,000 mayors and councillors, he gave every indication that in this new era of a majority government, the Building Canada fund was almost

Transport committee  Most CUPE members--not all, but most--participate in pension plans across Canada.

Transport committee  It's very fair. We'll give you tomorrow's submission tomorrow.

Transport committee  I couldn't speak with any authority on that. All over Canada we have had debates, and our goal here today is not to represent union members' interests, it's to talk about what kind of system we need for Canada. I'm old-fashioned. I'm from the prairies. I don't think we should s

Transport committee  What does this have to do with public transit?

Transport committee  We're joining with Canada's mayors and councillors and the Canadian Urban Transit Association. A public transit system for Canada, with national leadership, is a viable public issue. Building public transit will actually mean savings in the long term. If we're going to get into

Transport committee  The ownership of registered private vehicles is by less than 10% of the population of Hong Kong. The private ownership--

Transport committee  I'm pretty comfortable with that information.

Transport committee  I live near Parliament Hill and I....

Transport committee  I fly while the airlines are flying.

Transport committee  I do drive. Absolutely.

Transport committee  I have.