Transport committee  Very simply, there are three separate components to the building Canada fund. There's a national infrastructure component whereby proponents can apply directly to federal government. That's one pot of money. That's $4 billion of the $14 billion. There's a small communities co

Transport committee  For the building Canada fund in particular, the cost share varies from 32% as a typical federal maximum, and as we talked about before, currently there's a 25% cap on it, if it's procured through P3.

Transport committee  I think the key, again, is to look at a program such as the building Canada fund, which is application-based, over the duration of the program. What our members look at is whether they can bank against a guarantee of having a project funded. As Mr. Carlton said, they get reimburs

Transport committee  Just very briefly, the situation in an urban area in terms of thinking about the municipal role is not that different from a rural area. Certainly municipal fire services in big cities have some capacity internally to train to a higher level than in a small town, but when you're

Transport committee  We don't have the exact number, but it's well in excess of half a billion.

Transport committee  I believe it's over half a billion, but I don't have the exact number.

Transport committee  I can speak to that briefly. We are members of Transport Canada's emergency response task force, as Ms. Saskiw mentioned. The task force was given a mandate to look at the emergency response after Lac-Mégantic, specifically around flammable liquids. One of the key pieces is how t

Transport committee  Yes, from FCM's perspective, as I mentioned before, I think the key trend, both with this bill and Bill C-52, is the expansion of the scope in which the minister and inspectors can act when there's a threat. We know the development of the grade crossing regulations dealing with w

Transport committee  Let me say, Mr. Braid, that we have big cities across the country looking at this issue very closely right now. Obviously the tragedy in Lac-Mégantic raised everyone's awareness of this issue. I don't want to have the committee leave with the impression that Montreal is the start

Transport committee  If I may, let me have an opportunity as the sole municipal representation here at the committee today to respond to some of the points that have been raised here. The last four or five members have spoken about land use. Let me just take a second, if you don't mind. The proximit

Transport committee  No, FCM wasn't contacted on the content of the bill. Just to make one point, I know Mr. Komarnicki asked whether, with the changes, it makes sense to have more powers to the minister to act when there's an issue. We would certainly say, yes, that in the current Railway Safety A

Transport committee  There have been a lot of comments from the railway industry. I do want to have the chance to respond.

Transport committee  Transport Canada is tracking the way that the program is used. It's a $10 million-a-year program. Now that we have new grade crossing regulations, it will set a standard for the kinds of safety improvements that need to happen. We know that kind of allocation over time is just no

Transport committee  Yes, $10 million a year.

Transport committee  Again, there are crossing improvements at existing crossings that are required by the grade crossing regulations that we mentioned, and then there's a separate issue of grade separations, which, you're right, can have more significant financial implications. But under the new reg