Transport committee  As I said before, my gut feeling is that it probably is low. We're not solid on that number. Part of it is the issue that you mentioned: do municipalities know where their pipes are? Even though they're solid pipes, there weren't records kept at the time, in most places, of wha

Transport committee  I think other witnesses will have some discussion about it. On any of these things, there's a slew of pieces. My personal opinion—it's not really research—is that it's not all about moral obligation. There are a lot of things that we don't allow in homes that are required on prop

Transport committee  I'm sorry?

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  To your first question, it's very similar to what I'm working on, which is a national expert panel on waste water and the concerns with that. It's not that there's any significant scientific dissent on the toxicity, but just the fact that we are facing such a large number of thin

Transport committee  Yes, that is absolutely right.

Transport committee  I think the closest we can get is to use, as I said jokingly, the tenfold number, because the nature and the timing are similar to what is happening in the U.S. It depends whether you're asking how we benchmark against other countries or whether we can use what other countries ar

Transport committee  It's the 10 factor.

Transport committee  In terms of if it's a priority—

Transport committee  I think yes. Most people I deal with would say that there's not a big difference between 10 and five. One of the challenges in the focus on the numbers is the idea that 10 wasn't safe but five is now safe. Graham and others can speak more to that. It's really a matter of a number

Transport committee  I'd be pleased to. Thank you. Good afternoon, first of all, and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today on this important topic. My name is Bernadette Conant, and I'm the CEO of Canadian Water Network. CWN is a national non-profit that serves as a trusted brok

Transport committee  Funding incentives through government programs to accelerate action are needed. The committee can make recommendations about how that federal infrastructure funding is allocated and structured to help both those public and private issues. That's the role that we think is the impo