Transport committee  The national council is something that was invented with the private sector. The industry was seeking a forum through which to connect with the government. Not only with the deputy minister for transport, but with other deputy ministers in other departments: the environment, indu

Transport committee  At first, the industry was not only seeking a one-time opportunity, but an ongoing relationship with government, and the council was created. That does not mean that there are no other opportunities to work with labour. The proof of that has been that Mr. Grégoire has been workin

Transport committee  That is something else. There are other security issues at the port. There are other fora.

Transport committee  It has to be green, it has to be within the list of eligibility, and it has to be part of a plan. They have to provide a five-year plan to show where the project fits. There's also a requirement for annual reporting to the government on audited results.

Transport committee  I stand to be corrected, but I think it's largely new projects.

Transport committee  It's new.

Transport committee  It has to be new, yes.

Transport committee  Yes, it's the gas tax.

Transport committee  It is the same. But as I indicated earlier in one of my answers, when I was asked if we are exactly replicating all those programs, major rehabilitation programs are certainly something we should be looking at. It's one of the options we're definitely looking at.

Transport committee  What is from the top down is the overall architecture, as we call it, or the criteria. Once the criteria are set and the eligibility lists are set, it's still application based. In fact, one of the complaints we get is that the paperwork is quite burdensome. We've tried to deal

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  The current program, which hasn't changed, is actually all green, as the minister said.

Transport committee  This is a project we've been involved in for several years. We already have a commitment to the first part of the project, which was to work with Quebec on the studies and take the process to the end of phase one, which is the call for proposals. Before a call for proposals, ther

Transport committee  Sure. The number that was used is de l'envergure de plus d'un milliard de dollars, so it's over a billion dollars. That's the total cost of construction, of realizing the project. There will be a call for tenders. I've been saying from the very beginning that there's going to b

Transport committee  That's the number on infrastructure?