Transport committee  As part of the information request, we did ask for the allocations by the federal government. As well, we received information with respect to the matching funds identified by the provincial governments for those specific types of projects. To your point, we did not actually id

Transport committee  Of course, within the PBO we never comment on policy. It's certainly not within our remit. That said, I will point out that it is a 12-year plan. Something that we've testified to in the past at other committees is that although there might be a challenge up front—as you quite co

Transport committee  It's certainly not for us to make a recommendation with respect to what the committee should study. That said, from a technical perspective, it's a very interesting and important question from our forecasting perspective. Again, the key challenge for us at the outset was trying t

Transport committee  On the reasons for the delays, again, we did not specifically request that information from departments and agencies. That said, we have had conversations with provincial governments. We can also point to the historical track record and potential challenges of the federal governm

Transport committee  I have very brief opening remarks, which hopefully the translators will do justice to, given my potentially highly questionable French. Madam Chair and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before your committee today regarding phase 1 of the nationa