Transport committee  I think this bill is essential. I think Mr. Hardie has defined it as creating a platform. When we see governments, whether municipal or provincial or federal, asking about the social impact that's going to come with this project, they're getting very creative responses from the

Transport committee  I think Mr. Atkinson is being a little dramatic. What we realize is that internationally this is not new. We have been doing community benefit agreements. In Canada, if we go back to the 2010 Olympics, these have been community-industry-government partnerships that have actually

Transport committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the opportunity to appear before you and support Bill C-227. This bill recognizes that every government purchase has a ripple effect. Every infrastructure investment, whether intentional or unintentional, has an economic

Transport committee  I'm David LePage with Buy Social Canada.