Government Operations committee  Correct.

Government Operations committee  Yes. I think you have to also bear in mind that when the G-8 legacy fund was established, the G-20 was not being held in Toronto at that point in time. This fund was specifically set up to support the G-8 summit. So there was no—

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Again, it's not meant specifically to support the leaders and their delegations. This is very much a legacy to the region. These are all locally identified priorities from the municipalities.

Government Operations committee  Local municipalities identified these projects as priorities.

Government Operations committee  Yes. We also put money into the G-8 summit centre and the rehabilitation of the North Bay airport, which was at the time supposed to be the primary landing area for the G-8 leaders. It was only after the G-20 summit was moved to Toronto that this changed.

Government Operations committee  Yes, I'm sure they were.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, committee members. I promise not to take the full ten minutes. We're pleased to be here today to speak to the Government of Canada's G-8 legacy fund. Joining me today from Infrastructure Canada is my colleague Mr. Taki Sarantakis, the assistan

Transport committee  It's out of 4,000 under the infrastructure stimulus fund. Those are the big projects. The port of Nanaimo, for instance, underwent a fairly extensive environmental assessment. But we did ask questions. The criticism in the Auditor General's report, I believe, has to do with the

Transport committee  It would depend on the nature of the project and whether or not it triggered the requirement for federal permits.

Transport committee  I don't believe the Auditor General referenced the fact that we didn't do site visits to projects. I think that is an interpretation that has since been added. The entire infrastructure stimulus fund and much of the economic action plan was based upon a trust, a relationship: a

Transport committee  The temporary regulations that were put in place have now been made permanent, so that's the first point to be made. The short answer to your question is about 93% of the projects funded under the infrastructure stimulus fund were exempted from having to do a separate federal en

Transport committee  Again, the projects under the economic action plan were the ones that were privy to the—

Transport committee  Correct.

Transport committee  Not necessarily. Each project was assessed and verified. The regulations are very detailed and specific as to which projects could and could not be exempted.