Finance committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. Specifically, are you asking in terms of what would the cost be with respect to the tax relief for--

Finance committee  Certainly. If I understand the question in terms of what is the long-term need and does it need to be modified incrementally, we would offer that right now, probably because of the number of projects that have not been able to take root, it would be a significant undertaking by g

Finance committee  Thank you very much for your question. That's an absolutely valid question. We have responded previously and clarified this. For example, there is a very stringent provision with respect to the recording of this information. In particular, at the municipal, village, and town lev

Finance committee  Exactly. It's about having sufficient auditing in place to negate any of those types of—

Finance committee  Certainly I would offer that we don't dispute the worthwhile projects that those other applicants have. However, what we would offer is that the need for us to be able to have that state of readiness to respond to the needs of our communities is highly dependent upon having adequ

Finance committee  No, I have no knowledge of moneys that were inappropriately allocated. They would have to satisfy those very stringent criteria; otherwise the moneys would not be allocated.

Finance committee  I believe it was because it was coming through as a private member's bill. It would not have been feasible to move forward on a money bill. For this reason, we need the support of government to move this through.

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  It did, indeed.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. While I am a fire chief in Saint John, New Brunswick, I am here today as the first vice-president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs. Normally, our association president, Calgary's fire chief, Bruce Burrell, would be addressing you. However, he is