Transport committee  I would like to point out that the CEO was once a director general at the Municipality of Chelsea.

Transport committee  So it is difficult for me to take a position on this. Honestly, I cannot recall a single time when the current mayor or the previous one ever had to sit down with the executive committee or the steering committee. Therefore, I do not believe it will affect our daily dealings in

Transport committee  It will not.

Transport committee  During our recent discussions with the NCC in view of preparing the statement of position, we agreed on a plan. The bill addresses this indirectly. In paragraph 13 of our presentation on transparency and cooperation, we specifically address the issue of discussions between the Qu

Transport committee  As I said earlier on, given my information, I'm under the impression that the Quebec government is still the owner of 17%, 18% or 19% of the park. I do not see why the Canadian government, the Quebec government and the municipal and regional governments would not sit down togethe

Transport committee  It is inside the park, but it is private property within...

Transport committee  Mr. Proulx, I think we said in our brief that we are in favour of the spirit of the proposed legislation. I believe that my two colleagues really discussed this at length. As they stressed, the only thing that concerns us is the right to first refusal.

Transport committee  Based on our understanding, a property owner who wants to sell his house at Kingsmere or Meech Lake would first have to determine whether the NCC wants to buy it or not under the first refusal clause. But the effect of this is to take the property off the market. I think that our

Transport committee  However, we said to the NCC and to the NCC mandate review panel, two or three years ago, that we agreed the commission should buy back a certain number of lands, where there are sensitive areas, lands upon which there is important biodiversity or where there are species in need o

Transport committee  An example of part of our master plan is that we are now protecting all the wetlands of Chelsea. A lot of those wetlands are close to the park. Some of it is in the park and some of it is around the outside of the park. By protecting the wetlands we're protecting our groundwater,

Transport committee  Based on our information, those are the current boundaries. We are able to use them.

Transport committee  To our knowledge, no. We have talked about it with the NCC. Like you, we have not yet hired a notary or a lawyer to read all the provisions and draw up an inventory. This would cost us a fortune, and we do not necessarily have the necessary budgets.

Transport committee  We have a master plan for the municipality and we have a land use plan for the regional government. Those two plans must concord; one comes under the other. Let me try to answer your question in another way. I'm aware of most of the national parks across Canada. I have been to B

Transport committee  I am thinking primarily of the municipalities of Pontiac and La Pêche, which border the park.

Transport committee  As my two colleagues said in their presentation, I have no problem with that providing that property rights are respected. On the contrary, any effort to rehabilitate and protect the biodiversity is good. The Government of Quebec and the other departments consider the Outaouais a