Transport committee  We have not been involved in that case.

Transport committee  Good morning, and thank you for inviting me to speak before you today about Infrastructure Canada's supplementary estimates (B) and interim estimates. To support the Government of Canada's priorities, Infrastructure Canada is seeking $150,000 in contribution funding to support r

Transport committee  We've been working very closely with the PBO. Their modelling does work on cash flow. As I mentioned before, because that often comes after the fact, as we're evolving we're changing the model of reimbursement with provinces and territories. We're looking at what we're calling pr

Transport committee  We are saying the same thing.

Transport committee  I'm not saying that we're not. I'm saying we're in confidential conversations right now, and there are different parties at fault depending on what happens, such as strikes. When those negotiations are under way, we do not speak about them in public and negotiate them in public,

Transport committee  I would think that would be a question for the Department of Finance.

Transport committee  We are given a particular appropriation with a mandate, and we serve that particular mandate. Thank you.

Transport committee  We are allocated our appropriations. We are given a particular mandate and we are spending according to that mandate.

Transport committee  As I've said, we have a particular budget. We are being asked to deliver on an investing in Canada infrastructure plan, and we are delivering on that plan.

Transport committee  We have worked very closely with the provinces and territories in ensuring we have programs in place that can meet their local priorities, and at the same time make a difference on a national basis.

Transport committee  We have two programs in place with the FCM to help with technical capacity. One is a $75-million program to help build capacity in communities to understand the opportunities for climate change. That's giving them funding and technical expertise to help them ensure their assets a

Transport committee  The negotiations on the contract are under way and as soon as they are completed, once we know what the date is, then we will be transparent, as we've been in the past.

Transport committee  We will be transparent when we have an agreement. There are different things that have happened, such as the strikes, that bear different risks on different parties. These are commercial discussions that are under way. As in the past, when those are concluded, we will be transpar

Transport committee  I'll ask Marc to look up the exact amount for the rural and remote areas on the spending, but the integrated bilateral agreements were just signed recently, and the projects are coming through now. Provinces and territories, with this particular program, because it's a 10-year pr

Transport committee  If I look back since this government has been elected, we've had 4,400 projects across the country from phase one, phase two and from our legacy programs, so there are a number of projects under way across the country right now. Since that time, there are 763 projects that have b