Government Operations committee  They must get some revenue.

Government Operations committee  The other question is along the same topic. Natural Resources also wants $195 million to basically clear up their liabilities for pollution, etc. Do we have an idea of the extent of nuclear pollution, how much is involved?

Government Operations committee  So this will go on for many years paying off at a rate of $195 million.

Government Operations committee  Okay. One other thing is the bridges in Montreal. I understand that our proposal is to go to tolls, which I'm not opposed to, but I'm old enough to remember the corruption at the Jacques Cartier Bridge and the tolls. Some lady owned apartment blocks from having worked on the tol

Government Operations committee  Okay thanks.

Government Operations committee  He was the guy that wanted it, and he's not here.

Government Operations committee  Good morning. Mr. Sobrino, I think somewhere in your talk you said you don't set standards, then later on you set standards. I have to know whether you're not setting standards or you're setting standards. The other thing is that I would think that just about every practical thi

Government Operations committee  In my previous life I got involved with standards. I was managing large numbers of buildings and we had ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. You're referring to them here. ISO, in fact, means international standards and they're set by somebody else, so what do you do in this?

Government Operations committee  Good morning, gentlemen. There are all kinds of standards. There are standards for individual consumers, for governments, for products. There are standards for services. I guess my question is for all of you. Is there anything unique that the CGSB does that other people don't

Government Operations committee  Mr. Dauphin.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Jenkins, go ahead.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Wouters, and Ms. Charette. I'm going to get down to a more specific issue. The crossing at Windsor-Detroit, I think, is the biggest crossing that we have between ourselves and the United States. I understand that we're investing in a bridge there and I'v

Government Operations committee  That's fine. From 2006 upward, we increased the public service by I think 31,000 or 32,000. In the last few years there have been reductions of the public service. Can you tell me where we are now in the reduction process? How many jobs have been reduced through attrition or

Government Operations committee  When I was in the military, I think we went through three management systems while I was there. It always seemed that every few years we'd come up with a new management system. Essentially you've come up with a new management system, and I'm wondering, what's the likelihood tha

Government Operations committee  Mr. Matthews, the Treasury Board is requesting $151.7 million essentially for salary increases, yet over the last few years, my recollection is that thousands of positions have been eliminated from the government and every time you eliminate positions, you're saving money. I do