Transport committee I've never apologized; I've never had to apologize.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Well, if you could just switch “account” to “subservient”—
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Unlike the federal government, we have very strict rules for the appointment of lobbyists to agencies, boards, or jurisdictions. One of the things we wouldn't do is to appoint spokespeople for industry, who have nothing to do with the port, to the port authority. We'd seek to app
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Absolutely.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee When the federal Liberals set up the infrastructure program, they did it with a great deal of intelligence and sensitivity to local initiatives, understanding that local initiatives really needed to drive the agenda when it came to federal infrastructure programs. I think it wa
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee It's for a port authority.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee We'll get you different information, but it's the 44th largest port in Canada. Goderich, Ontario, moves more cargo than Toronto.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Hamilton moves more than Toronto.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Yes.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee I'll leave it to a lawyer to explain what the word “account” means.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee But the reality is that in my ward, as we seek to build a sidewalk next to a public school and to render an intersection safe for school children, the port authority has taken us to court and is suing us for acting in bad faith, saying that their needs on the street trump the loc
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee This returns me to the position of the fact that this port authority is not running a port, so why are you giving it borrowing power? What does it need to finance that's so critical and necessary to the infrastructure, fiscal or transportation or otherwise, of the Government of C
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Well, a number of federal Liberal MPs supported me when I ran for city council.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Really.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan
Transport committee Tony Ianno was frequently in my campaign office offering assistance, and he is still in communication with me. But I ran as an independent.
February 5th, 2008Committee meeting
Adam Vaughan