Transport committee  Can I add to that, Mr. Chair?

Transport committee  I think, in addition to what President Cunningham said, in the future there will continue to be difficulties or challenges with the infrastructure deficit at the municipal level, so we will be looking for ways to continue to work with the government to support the ongoing work to

Transport committee  It's a fairly long question. I was going to say something to the first part of your question. I think it's important to recognize that the history is what it is. Part of the fact is that negotiating federal–provincial agreements is pretty challenging. Now we're at a point at whi

Transport committee  And what's particularly important about the gas tax is that it's a predictable, sustainable revenue for the municipalities. So instead of going through project application and approval, etc., the gas tax allows for predictability, long-term planning, long-term management of your

Transport committee  We don't have that figure. I don't know where that figure comes from.

Transport committee  It's not our position. If 50% was the number, we would have heard about it during our annual meeting in Toronto. But we don't have a percentage. We know it's not 50%.

Transport committee  We've already had this conversation. We don't hear that from our members. In fact, Ms. Steele said that folks in Surrey who are chugging along very nicely would be very happy to know that some of their colleagues who are less fortunate and facing challenges that they hadn't antic

Transport committee  I find the motion to be very interesting for two reasons. First of all, it reinforces the idea that there is a partnership between the three levels of government, and that is important. Secondly, it is exactly what we are saying: that there were circumstances beyond the control o

Transport committee  I don't remember.

Transport committee  On behalf of our 1,900 members, I would like to thank you for inviting us today. This discussion is important for our members. I would also like to say that our president, Mr. Hans Cunningham, was not available this morning, but he sends his regards. I am going to make some fair

Transport committee  Our members report to the provincial government and through to the department of infrastructure. We have not put any kind of additional onerous requirements on them to report individually to us. The numbers we use are the numbers that are collected by the department, and the de

Transport committee  We've heard the political statements from the ministers. As I said in my speech, we're calling on the government to instruct the department to start those discussions at a very practical level. I'm not aware of any evidence that a practical application of the fair and reasonable

Transport committee  I can't comment on that specific question, on the hypothetical nature of it, but our research did say that in comparing tax cuts to infrastructure spending, when looking at job creation as an economic stimulus, the infrastructure spending was twice as effective as tax cuts.

Transport committee  We don't have a specific case. We know that it's very inconsistent across the country. It depends on local conditions. In some cases, there have been savings because of efficiencies in effective procurement procedures and implementation. In other cases, there have been some cost

Transport committee  Honestly, no one is jumping up and down and banging on our door about that issue. As I said, it varies from region to region based on local specificities.