Transport committee  No. In most of those situations the private owner is going to have to get some kind of authority from the municipality to construct whatever they're constructing, and the municipality has the ability to enforce strict adherence to construction performance through that measure. Yo

Transport committee  I would not want to see a return to a system that had uncertainty and the ability for a project that had already received the green light to be derailed because somebody floated an opinion.

Transport committee  As far as bringing certainty and predictability and timeliness is concerned, it's at seven, eight, or nine, but the truth will tell. We haven't had enough real experience with the changes, but certainly the intent to ensure that is so important. We are not the proponents of the

Transport committee  As I understand it, some of the concern is with the automatic trigger for an assessment based on a navigable water. Part of the whole reform with respect to CEAA was to look at some of those triggers and to make sure that we didn't have a duplication. If the provincial government

Transport committee  Well, it's not self-regulatory. As contractors or builders we're still required to follow the rules and regulations through other legislation, bylaws, regulations, and we're also required to perform the work in the standards that are specified by the municipality or by the provin

Transport committee  To a great degree.... I am talking about changes that were made not just to the NPA but to environmental assessment generally. A lot of those changes put back into play more certainty and predictability. For example, if a provincial highway—

Transport committee  Dumping construction waste into a waterway would not be allowed under most of the standard specifications that we would see in a municipal or provincial project and would be covered by other legislation. Whether or not it was covered under the old legislation or the new legislati

Transport committee  Thank you. Madam Chair and honourable members, it is a pleasure to be here with you today. The Canadian Construction Association represents the non-residential sector in the construction industry in Canada. We build Canada's infrastructure: shopping malls, industrial facilitie

Human Resources committee  Most of them are resource based, so they're British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, obviously Newfoundland and Labrador with Muskrat Falls. There are some in Manitoba with respect to hydroelectric power as well. So they are pretty well—

Human Resources committee  Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador....

Human Resources committee  Yes, Nova Scotia to some extent because there's a lot of spinoff coming from the shipbuilding contract.

Human Resources committee  Maybe to cut this short, we can provide the information to you.

Human Resources committee  That was a very recent survey done by the Canadian Employee Relocation Council. I've read some other information on this topic. One of the factors involved in this is the number of two-income households we have now. It's not only a decision of one person to relocate, so there ar

Human Resources committee  Yes, and we're finding those challenges even with temporary relocation, and my comments were with respect to temporary relocation.

Human Resources committee  Yes. Basically it's ReNew Canada. They publish every January, I think, the top 100 public infrastructure projects in Canada, and either the top 43 or 44 of that 100 are each individually valued at a billion dollars or more.