Transport committee  When you have such a big project of public infrastructure, you would think that the first thing you would do is call the public authority that manages and coordinates the infrastructure in Montreal and say, “Hey, how can we complement and improve and increase transit in the metro

Transport committee  Well, there were projects on the table that were already designed. They would have cost way less money, moved four to five times more people, and built 100 stations instead of 12 new stations. The right thing to do, if you want to build transit, is to say, “Here—we have money to

Transport committee  That's absolutely correct. These are major projects in the transportation sector worth six, seven, eight or 10 billion dollars. The Canadian Union of Public Employees has made access‑to‑information requests in order to get some information and to understand where this money is

Transport committee  In concrete terms, we could think of the Réseau express métropolitain, which is one of the flagship projects of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. It has been studied, particularly by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement in Quebec. In fact, it said no to the project.

Transport committee  Could you repeat your question? I'm sorry; I thought your question was going to be for Dr. Riordan.

Transport committee  Hi. Thanks for having me. As Bobby said, this bank could do a lot of good for municipalities, and CUPE would like this to work well. The problem is that you can’t build public projects in the public interest while also letting investors take control of the asset and make decisio

Transport committee  Thank you.

International Trade committee  We haven't looked into specific free trade agreements. It's more of a general thing. If similar agreements such as CETA and the TPP are so important to improve our international trade success, how is it that the more agreements we sign, as we have done over the past 10 years, th

International Trade committee  Thank you, Tracey. Earlier, our colleagues were talking about free trade agreements and international trade treaties. We are entirely in favour of them. We want trade to happen, as Canada is a trading nation. However, the fact of including provisions such as the dispute settleme