Transport committee  Edmonton has been one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. As well, it's one of the youngest cities in the country. In my lifetime—the last 38 years—it's more or less doubled in size. As it has grown, we are starting to experience the traffic congestion of most cities a

Transport committee  That's challenging for me, but I'll do my best. We [Technical difficulty--Editor] opportunities, particularly around energy projects, district energy projects, and utility projects that we're interested in exploring further. If they can not only—through the innovative use of tec

Transport committee  I appreciate the principle of the question. Being asked for our priorities is one of the reasons we have an infrastructure plan that looks like it does. This government has listened closely to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities when it comes to our long-standing message ar

Transport committee  Certainly. I had the opportunity to attend two announcements with Minister Sohi. One was the signing of the bilateral agreement with the Government of Alberta, at which it was confirmed that the City of Edmonton in phase two would receive approximately $870 million. We will be ab

Transport committee  Thank you for the question. I think what we'll benefit from the most is long-term certainty. Having a 12-year outlook cumulatively is very helpful for us. As I mentioned earlier, in the case of the transit dollars, we have a pretty good idea of what that's going to amount to ove

Transport committee  This is one of the reasons that the federal and, ideally, provincial governments occupying a larger share of the upfront cost allow us to accelerate investment. Expecting municipalities to catch up or stay abreast at one-third, one-third, one-third, while the country is increasin

Transport committee  That's a great question. I think the challenge for us has been that we haven't always seen assurances that there would be a fair balance of municipal priorities reflected in the dollars that flow through provinces. Since the majority of dollars here have to flow through the bilat

Transport committee  I'll start by saying that while I understand the most obvious metric for the Parliamentary Budget Officer is federal cash flow, it's maybe not the best metric for the impact of the program. This is because the dollars flow once receipts are given to the federal government. We hav

Transport committee  Good afternoon. It's great to be with you. Thank you for the invitation. As mayor of Edmonton and as chair of Canada's Big City Mayors' Caucus, which brings together 22 of Canada's largest urban centres, I'm very happy to be with you to offer some comments. Canada's cities are