Transport committee  The mayor of the town and the manager of the town both stated in media reports that they determined that it made more financial sense for the town to do it on its own.

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Bachrach. I'll try to be brief. Absolutely, there is a need for funding for infrastructure in small communities. There is a serious need across the country in a number of different sectors, particularly in municipal utilities and other upgrades and retrofits that

Transport committee  Sure, I can start. I think Professor Whiteside identified a central contradiction in the CIB model, which is having the objective of building infrastructure in the public interest to meet specific needs that Canadian society has while at the same time meeting the profit imperati

Transport committee  Thank you for the invitation to speak. First I'll say that CUPE agrees that infrastructure investment is one of the best ways to drive economic growth, and I think we all share that understanding. Next, I’ll say this. The Canada Infrastructure Bank is not what we were told it w

Information & Ethics committee  I'll say this: it is a way, currently, for information to be excluded from access requests. Our concern is that information in the interest of Canadians related to how their public services are delivered—how much they cost, what the cost is to them, their access to them in relati

Information & Ethics committee  From CUPE's perspective, I believe that one of the most major deficiencies with Bill C-58 is what is not in Bill C-58. There are a number of issues in the current access to information legislation that are inadequate. Members from all parties have acknowledged this over the years

Information & Ethics committee  I don't really have any interest in the motive or any speculation on what the motive might be. I can only talk about the effect of the application of exclusions. What we see, and have seen over many years, is an application of what should be narrowly defined and specific exclus

Information & Ethics committee  Good afternoon. My name is Robert Ramsay. I work as a senior research officer with the Canadian Union of Public Employees at our national office here in Ottawa. I want to start by thanking the committee for this opportunity to present our thoughts on Bill C-58. We look forward