Transport committee  I thought that you were talking about another sum.

Transport committee  We are talking about $300,000.

Transport committee  It was probably for maintenance work required last year.

Transport committee  I will have to get back to you on this. As you can appreciate, with a $1.9 billion budget—

Transport committee  It is probably a one of a kind situation. I will send the information to you.

Transport committee  A $60 million maintenance agreement was reached, that included painting. It was an agreement between the CN, the Quebec government and the federal government. It was a 10-year agreement. What is at issue is the year 10 contribution, our last contribution to the program. That is

Transport committee  We're one of several parties involved. It's conditional on the others committing their share.

Transport committee  It is $7.1 million, yes.

Transport committee  Yes, that is correct. In the coming year it is $7.145 million.

Transport committee  Mr. Minister, if I may add something, many things are involved, but, for instance, we noted that the increasing number of passengers requires more personnel to get the work done. Airport expansion is another issue. Therefore, we need additional capital property and equipment. In

Transport committee  When we table a bill, we must evaluate its financial impact on the institutions involved, and this is what we did in the case at hand. Recently, I met the new president, Mr. Hare, who is, in fact, re-engineering the organization and he thinks that he will be able to handle all th

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  This was a Treasury Board decision.

Transport committee  The issue was discussed before making the decision.

Transport committee  Yes.