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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%.
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
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
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
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
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee Can I add to that, Mr. Chair?
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
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
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee If I could just add, for example, there are situations, let's say, in northern Alberta, where the weather and the transition from winter to summer meant the roads were not usable for a certain period of time. So construction equipment couldn't get into sites and projects are behi
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee I was going to finish by saying that you started off I think with a very interesting set of comments about the projects being timely, targeted, and temporary, and we all understand that. I don't think what we're talking about changes those three characteristics. All we're saying,
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee We don't have a concrete list, because, as I said to a question from Mr. Kennedy, we work through our provincial associations. We work with the data from the department.
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee Our members are not telling us that perception of fairness is an obstacle to seeking flexibility, where flexibility is required so that projects can be completed as a result of delays that are beyond the control of the municipalities. I should also say that municipalities are one
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee I'd say two things. One, this has been a discussion that's a policy of the board, so the board has understood the broad perspective of our membership. Secondly, the folks who run municipalities are imminently practical people, and they know that as you get into projects, sometime
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee Yes, sir. It is true that it is the first time we have been offered a program with a deadline that is so precise. However, it is also the first time we have had a program that is targeting a specific thing, that is to say the economic crisis in Canada. Because the program was lau
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee Now, thanks to recent investments and a new spirit of intergovernmental cooperation, Canada is starting to put the brakes on this downward slide. Thousands of cost-shared stimulus projects have brought governments together to create jobs and fight the recession. And the permanen
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee No, we haven't conducted a survey of all our members. We have been working through the provincial associations to understand the situation in each province, and we've been working with the department to keep track of the global data as we've progressed through the stimulus packag
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Transport committee Thank you, Hans. The FCM has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. We represent 90 per cent of the Canadian population in more than 1,900 municipalities in every province and territory. Members include Canada's largest cities, small urban and rural communit
June 15th, 2010Committee meeting
Brock Carlton
Government Operations committee We have presented figures. I want to add that the economic recovery program is much larger, must larger than the corner occupied by municipalities. When it says 90%, that is for the whole thing. Our corner is less than that.
October 22nd, 2009Committee meeting
Brock Carlton