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Finance committee Can I just make one comment, Mr. Chairman? Is that all right?
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee I think for us, asset recycling is one element. That's not on the critical path for this. I actually would say that's on the far end of the table. What's key is that there's so much infrastructure that needs to be built now in terms of greenfield—transit systems, ports; a big lis
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee I don't think so, sir. I think our hope is that this will allow even more money, if you will, to be put into the system. We do think that federal money is needed—in fact, they call it non-profit generating areas—in low-income housing areas. There's a very big infrastructure defic
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee That's a great question, by the way. I'm taking notes from what you guys are saying on these things. We have roughly 1,000 officers out there, and our sense is that only about 11 of them are actually focused on what we're talking about here, so there are not enough people doing
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee Yes, it would.
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee Sure. As I think you were saying, I said at the outset, we're at around a quarter of the level of what we see with peers, and it's dropped. We talked about the challenges with a number of people who invest overseas. First of all, there are multiple groups, so you have multiple p
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee I think you have to ask Mr. Sabia about that. He's part of the group. Our sense is that there's this big infrastructure gap of at least $500 billion. We don't think the federal government should be trying to provide all the money for it. We should be looking for ways to get priva
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee There's a range, and they would include those transit examples you mentioned. I think we see this in a number of cities. Four of the ten most congested cities in North America are in Canada. So I think we need more of that in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver. There would def
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee Yes, because I think private investors would like there to be a base level of investment with subordinated equity. It would be there to ensure that there is a participant for the long term to help deal with some of the regulatory issues that are in place and that there's a commit
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton
Finance committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. If it's okay with you, I thought I would, for a maximum 10 minutes, do a bit of an overview. It is a pleasure to be with you today. I should also tell you that my French is not very good. I thought in my opening remarks that I would say fou
October 27th, 2016Committee meeting
Dominic Barton