Transport committee  Okay. The Canada Infrastructure Bank has still only invested in one project to date, the REM light rail in Montreal. This project, which—surprise—SNC-Lavalin has a contract for, was announced before the bank had a CEO and conveniently the day before Philippe Couillard, the former premier of Quebec and a Liberal, launched his—

Transport committee  I haven't even asked my question, Madam Chair. Was there any influence from the Office of Infrastructure of Canada on the bank to invest in this project?

Transport committee  Was there any influence, to your knowledge, from any other department on the bank—specifically the Department of Finance, which does, in fact, have the financial authority with regard to which projects are funded—to invest in the light rail in Montreal?

Transport committee  Madam Chair, I still have another minute left in committee.

Transport committee  Madam Chair, on a point of order, what is the relevance of that?

Transport committee  Point of order, Madam Chair.

Transport committee  Yes, it's on relevance. I don't see how that ties to the estimates.

Transport committee  With the Ontario government, though? I don't believe that's in order.

Transport committee  The Champlain Bridge people are here. We're talking exactly about the Champlain Bridge.

Transport committee  Did anyone else in your department have a meeting or any conversations with other departments about SNC's situation?

Transport committee  Did you or anyone else in your department meet with SNC or representatives regarding the charges?

Transport committee  Madam Chair, we actually have the Champlain Bridge people here today. If anything, these questions are incredibly relevant, based on some of the testimony we saw yesterday from Jody Wilson-Raybould herself.

Transport committee  The supplementary estimates are also inside.... The Champlain Bridge also ties into the supplementary estimates.

Transport committee  The Prime Minister himself applied influence to the Minister of Justice by stating the need to secure a deferred prosecution agreement to protect jobs but also because of the Quebec election and the fact that he himself was the member for Papineau, a Quebec member of Parliament.

Transport committee  We're talking about infrastructure and the Champlain Bridge, Madam Chair.