Transport committee  Let me begin by saying that the question typically is: why is Infrastructure Canada's spending decreased since the end of the 2007 Building Canada fund? When you look at the 2013-14 main estimates they show that our authorities were about $3.9 billion in voted appropriations. In

Transport committee  The way to explain it is that between 2013-14 and 2014-15, the main estimates showed a $2.5-billion decrease in the level of Infrastructure Canada's contribution funding under voted appropriations. This is funding for our infrastructure programs. The most significant reason for t

Transport committee  Again the way to explain it is that there hasn't been a funding cut. What's happened is that—

Transport committee  Overall, there has not been a decrease in our funding.

Transport committee  Provincial and territorial as well.

Transport committee  It has shifted, but I can't give you the exact numbers in terms of how the percentage has shifted. The federal share of infrastructure has decreased as the federal government has divested itself of certain asset classes.

Transport committee  Examples would be airports and ports as well. They would have been done over the last couple of decades, or the last decade or so.

Transport committee  We can try to get that information for you. We don't necessarily have all of it. I believe that Transport Canada would have some information in terms of the timing of the divestitures and some of the percentages as well.

Transport committee  I'm trying to understand your question. You're asking about the value of the types of assets we support through our programs.

Transport committee  No, we don't, and I'm not sure if we're able to get that information either. Part of the challenge is the fact that municipalities have some capacity issues with respect to asset management. Even knowing the kind of infrastructure they have, the value of the infrastructure, and

Transport committee  From our perspective, it would be very useful to have that information. Probably even more so, it would be useful for provinces, territories, and municipalities, in particular I would say municipalities and smaller municipalities so they can make better decisions in terms of how

Transport committee  From our perspective, we don't manage any of the projects or any of the assets. We're basically a funding partner with provinces and territories. From that perspective we provide some funding through the provinces and territories to municipalities. The gas tax fund would be a gre

Transport committee  Can I answer the question?

Transport committee  Normally when we talk about core infrastructure or core municipal infrastructure we're talking about basic infrastructure for municipalities such as drinking water infrastructure, waste water, solid waste, the type of infrastructure that's required by municipalities to be sustain

Transport committee  No. We would include public transit in that as well as core infrastructure.