Finance committee  In the city of Calgary specifically, I believe that manufacturing represents only about 6% of the municipal economy, which is lower than other large municipalities in Canada. I don't think it's as much of an issue—although exporting in general is extremely important. That's not s

Finance committee  I would agree. We recently had a meeting with the Alberta Chamber of Commerce. Representatives from both Edmonton and Calgary as well as rural municipalities and rural areas were present, and that was certainly a common theme. The labour shortage in Alberta is unique. I underst

Finance committee  Fine. I should be clear that the recommendations that were submitted to the committee were submitted by my predecessor. I've simply been in this position for the last month or so. But I will comment and say that any efforts on the part of our federal government to increase the

Finance committee  Thank you, Minister. I agree. I'd like to see another Canadian NHL franchise, although I don't think it would take a professional team to beat the Flames at this point in the season. Unfortunately, I can't comment specifically on any unspent funds or funds that have not been dr

Finance committee  I believe the way bandwidth is designed or suggested in our recommendation seeks to tailor public sector spending to inflation and population growth regardless of area. That way, spending growth is never exceeding what is deemed necessary by those indicators. It's a way of tracki

Finance committee  Mr. Chairman, and honourable members of the committee, fellow witnesses, thank you for inviting me to speak before you today on the important topic of ensuring prosperous and secure urban communities. As you know, Canada is in many ways a nation of cities. More than 80% of our p