Transport committee  As far as it goes, sir, in our opinion it is a positive step forward--as far as it goes.

Transport committee  I meant no offence, sir.

Transport committee  Oh yes, it does, sir. According to my understanding, it certainly does.

Transport committee  Other than the greenbelt, for example, being mentioned by name and the boundaries being defined in the Ottawa official plan, in terms of actual guidelines of what can and cannot be done with the greenbelt, I'm not aware of any, sir. Occasionally it's been our experience that the

Transport committee  No, sir, for the same reason that the option was explored already in the 1950s as part of the national plan for the national capital, written by the great urban architect, Jacques Gréber. He also had no confidence in lower levels of government. He felt that the only way to have a

Transport committee  It would be wonderful if the greenbelt could be added in name. As far as ecological integrity, as you know, the greenbelt is significantly different from Gatineau Park. Several thousand people are employed within the greenbelt. There are roads crisscrossing it, power corridors, f

Transport committee  It would be wonderful if you could find the precise wording to prevent unwarranted development of and within our greenbelt without impacting its ecological integrity. Our concern is that an argument could be made that we are still preserving the ecological integrity if we're allo

Transport committee  Yes. That's how I read it.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. My name is Al Speyers. I'm president of the Alliance to Save Our Green Belt, ATSOG. ATSOG was established in 1993 to help protect and enhance the national capital greenbelt. We are also members of t