Finance committee  That's correct. Also, the Minister of Transport does have final say over any acquisitions of property for a port authority.

Finance committee  The current process is subject to the Government of Canada's process for disposal of surplus assets.

Finance committee  They would go through the normal process, which would be to a federal department and then to a province, so that's correct.

Finance committee  By the time a port would be able to acquire a public port it would have already been offered to a federal department, a province, and a local municipality. They would have already refused and would not be interested. Then they would be offered to a private citizen or a CPA, a Can