Transport committee  It's been rearranged, what we call our program activity architecture in that area—

Transport committee  There are a number of initiatives—for example, on motor vehicle efficiency, fuel efficiency—and there's also funding for departmental operations in terms of analysis and research.

Transport committee  This is for purchases on both sides of the border in order to move ahead in the projects.

Transport committee  As far as the current infrastructure program goes, keep in mind that the amounts we are asking Parliament to authorize represent what we believe our partners—the provinces and municipalities—will be able to claim as their projects move forward. The differences can be significant,

Transport committee  Precisely.

Transport committee  Gerard.

Transport committee  The first comment I would make is that the proposed legislation provides for both a list of major waterways and an opt-in process if in some areas there's a feeling that there's a need for more protection. So that to some extent combines the best of both approaches. I will defer

Transport committee  [Inaudible--Editor]...level, as the minister has indicated, we're looking to a P3 and tolling system to recover costs. I'll turn to Helena to talk to you more about that.

Transport committee  Your question referred to knowledge at the top of the hierarchy. Based on my two and a half weeks of experience, I have no intention of telling you that I am an expert in aviation safety. However, what I know very clearly is that, in all the decisions that were made, particularly

Transport committee  I am aware of no government announcements about that.

Transport committee  I am going to let Anita give you more details on that. What I can say is that we usually work with Canada Post so that it can continue carrying out its mandate of providing Canadians with services defined in the Canadian Postal Service Charter while complying in a way with Canad

Transport committee  I'll make just a general comment first before passing it on to department officials for more detail. I just want to go back to the point I was making before. Generally speaking, and you see this in the supplementary estimates (B) also for infrastructure, what is happening is tha

Transport committee  Those are the basics, but I'll turn to Marie and David Miller to address specific questions.

Transport committee  The Parliamentary Budget Officer received a response to his information request from the department on October 26.

Transport committee  Generally speaking, the payments made are in the nature of transfer payments. For the federal government's accounting purposes, we depend on the speed with which our partners perform the work and bill us for it. In many cases, first, the work takes longer than expected and, secon