Transport committee  No, not for the entire system.

Transport committee  We can certainly give you the information in terms of how many transit projects we have supported. That's not a problem. Are you asking about transit projects in Vancouver or the surrounding area that may have come in through the public transit fund, or are you asking in genera

Transport committee  In general in B.C. we haven't received any transit project proposals yet under the new building Canada fund. We're waiting to see whether anything will be coming shortly from them.

Transport committee  I think it really depends on how the municipality wants to look at this as a priority. There are certainly municipal associations at the provincial and territorial level that have some expertise and knowledge in this area, whereby they can assist municipalities with asset managem

Transport committee  The devil is in the details. Unfortunately, we don't have the details yet. Those are still being worked out. What I can say is that you have to look at the merits of a project on its own. On a project-by-project basis, you have to look at what the revenue-generating capacity of

Transport committee  We have not asked municipalities to evaluate that. We more or less depend on municipalities, provinces, and territories to undertake that work on their own, identify their priorities, and bring them forward. Certainly, if stormwater management was a priority of the City of Toront

Transport committee  Yes. In economic action plan 2013 three commitments were made to create opportunities for apprenticeships. One was through federal procurement practices. Another was in requirements under the investment and affordable housing program. The third one related to a commitment to enco

Transport committee  We know a little, but I don't think we know enough. I think it comes back again to the issue of asset management.

Transport committee  If we had proper asset management in place across the board we could much more easily answer that question.

Transport committee  Some municipalities do asset management very well.

Transport committee  Edmonton has been cited as a best practice in terms of asset management, and obviously larger municipalities perform very well. Our concern is the smaller municipalities, where, to give you probably the worst example, there's an individual in the community whose name is Joe Smith

Transport committee  Part of it is the state of the current assets themselves and the cost to replace them, as well as, I believe—and my colleague can correct me if I'm wrong—new assets that are required.

Transport committee  It's a good question. I think we would have an interest in that, and I think from a capacity-building perspective we want to do as much as we can to ensure that municipalities have the capacity they need in order to make those decisions.

Transport committee  Through the gas tax fund, we do have an eligible category called “capacity building”, so—

Transport committee  They have to choose it. Yes, they have to prioritize it. Under that element, they can actually support introduction of software to try to manage assets better, and they can pay for better planning processes or plans themselves.