Transport committee  On the specific investments, we got money for bridges. We got money for CATSA, in terms of capital investments. All of them are on track. As well, the department got money for the federal lab in Blainville that will do road tests for cars and trucks and so on. That is actually al

Transport committee  First of all, the budget of 2009 granted $212 million over 10 years for repairs. In the meantime, there is a study being done to get the data needed to see if there's a need for the bridge to be rebuilt. The moment we have the data and the study, we would be happy to share it wit

Transport committee  As the minister said, the Canadian Business Aviation Association will no longer be regulating the business airplanes. That responsibility has been moved into the department, and we will be in full implementation within the year. Regarding inspector vacancies, we have 98 vacancie

Transport committee  There is work going on between Ontario, Quebec, and the federal government concerning the corridor. We're in the process of getting our approvals. However, the critical component of that gateway is the actual Windsor-Detroit crossing, be it the bridge or be it the rail tunnel tha

Transport committee  This is not an agreement per se. It's a strategy that goes beyond money. It is important to look at regulations of the two levels of governments, important for industry to participate. There are actions industry could take. This is more of a getting together and working on a stra

Transport committee  The department is in the process of looking at the technical documents that we have asked for from Toyota since their appearance in front of this committee, because they made some comments. We have been back and forth with them, asking for all additional information. These are te

Public Accounts committee  First of all, an environmentally responsible transportation system is a business line for our department. Our work mainly involves the policy work and some of the regulatory work. We work with Environment Canada because sometimes they have legislative tools that we don't have.

Public Accounts committee  Harmonization of standards is a critical issue. This is not a simple thing for us, partly because.... For example, right now we seeing one state in the United States that is unilaterally trying to impose a standard in the Great Lakes. This is a serious problem because it has an i

Public Accounts committee  Let me repeat what I said at the outset. I know that when I said it everybody looked at me, but I really appreciate the fact that the committee is showing interest in these reports. I appreciate that it gives us further energy to actually improve the way we're reporting, becaus

Public Accounts committee  If it's from the tailpipe.

Public Accounts committee  Right.

Public Accounts committee  I think that at the time of this particular report you're looking at, the biggest obstacle was that the department's choice for explaining its business was complicated. It had some 180 outcomes. It's really hard to make a frame out of 180-plus outcomes. I think that was a big obs

Public Accounts committee  First of all, thank you very much to the committee. Yes, if we're going to improve it and improve it to actually be useful not only to parliamentarians, but also to us as well.... It starts with us, for the department to find it useful and to show that we're proud to show what we

Public Accounts committee  It's from the cars.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, but in terms of our measuring a performance for ourselves as to.... As the transport department, we can't really control the pollution coming from the United States.