Finance committee  I just want to add that I think that is one of the reasons we're advocating for that future needs analysis. As I said in my presentation, it needs to be mindful of the regional needs and variations. If you want to have a really good understanding of the overall needs, you have

Finance committee  With respect to our thoughts, we actually haven't even looked at the governance, to be quite honest. Our feeling is that we really need to do a strategic bottom-up needs assessment to get a good understanding of our current infrastructure stock and our infrastructure gaps. Real

Finance committee  I would agree with that as well.

Finance committee  Actually, I think our viewpoint is more that...not in terms of whether it's in the budget bill or it's not in the budget bill. We really feel that the most important initiative we should do, first and foremost, is to get the data and evidence around what the—

Finance committee  I guess you could say that in the sense that if getting it right means that it is actually helping to deliver on selecting the right projects that will help meet or reduce our infrastructure gap, then absolutely.

Finance committee  Thank you so much. Thank you, Chair, vice-chairs, and members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. It is an honour to be with you today. I'll quickly comment on Bill C-44, in particular regarding Canada's critical infrastructure. The Institute of Fiscal Stud

Transport committee  Thank you, Chair, for the question. We can maybe use the U.K. as a very good example. They have started their national infrastructure assessment. I believe the project started in the fall, probably in November of last year. It's in two phases. The first phase is actually to do t

Transport committee  Our main point behind saying that the value proposition is weak is that it's really just a matter of the sequencing. We feel that we're putting the cart before the horse. We think the very first priority for the government really should be to develop that long-term national infr

Transport committee  I think what we were suggesting is this: let's get the evidence and the infrastructure regarding our current infrastructure stock, what our future needs are, and what would be the right infrastructure investments for us. That's really what we're looking for, first and foremost.

Transport committee  Thank you, Chair, vice-chairs, and members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. It is an honour to be with you today. I will briefly comment on Bill C-44 as it relates to Canada's essential infrastructure. The Institute of Fis