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Public Accounts committee Those words do matter in the selection process. Minister Clement, as he outlined in his opening remarks, working with the local communities and the leadership, identified priority projects for funding consideration. These identified priority projects were given to Infrastructure
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Public Accounts committee I'm Yaprak Baltacioglu, infrastructure and transport Deputy Minister.
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Public Accounts committee Sir, maybe I will take the comment. The department ensured that all of the bills that were submitted were reviewed, and we accounted for everything that we paid for. As well, we ensured that actual results were achieved in terms of building public infrastructure as a result of
November 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee First of all, in terms of non-punitive reporting, this is a major building block or a major foundational element of safety management systems. A company needs to have the right culture so that people can say there is a problem and that it needs to be fixed, rather than hiding saf
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee I'm not sure.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee I actually haven't been on that particular--
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Will do, Mr. Chairman.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Well, given that this is a top priority item for our country, and given the amount of support that has been given to the project already, we're waiting for the legislation to be tabled. I can't really tell you exactly when the Michigan legislature is going to consider that. Hopef
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We're prepared to do almost anything.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee Yes.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We have received the report and the ministers are considering it. Once appropriate cabinet discussions happen around that, it will be released.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We're working at the ministers' level as well as the officials' level. We have been working with our provincial counterparts, definitely. Electronic onboard recorders are a good means to safety. I think the issue is how do we implement it? How can they be implemented? Where are t
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee I'm not exactly sure when it's due to be finished. It shouldn't be--
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee We'll get you an update.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu
Transport committee But it's under active consideration and discussion.
March 8th, 2011Committee meeting
Yaprak Baltacioglu