Industry committee  Okay. Minister—

Industry committee  —you said specifically in the media that you hope to see these in your platform. So you can try to come back from that comment, Minister—

Industry committee  You've publicly said that this will be in there. Have you not just admitted that there is not time to implement anything legally in this Parliament, and aren't you campaigning, going across the country, making these pronouncements on the public dime?

Industry committee  Minister, people see that there's $17.7 million for projects in the County of Kings in Nova Scotia, and the project start date was supposed to be May 1, 2017, but the actual amount of funding provided to date is zero. I can refer to a whole host of different projects in Newfoundl

Industry committee  And after announcements, Minister, that's very politically convenient.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Minister and officials, for the work you do. We know through the Auditor General's report last fall that the connect to innovate program has been a disaster. He found specifically that there was not good value for the money spent. Now we see th

Industry committee  But, Minister, none of that is new money—

Industry committee  The question I specifically asked is regarding 532 people who have not been told. Minister, yes, the people who were successful I'm sure are very happy with that, but by the same token, 532 people, two years out, have not been told. Are you going to be able to apologize on beha

Industry committee  My colleague asked earlier about what the status of the program was, and I have to say, Mr. Chair, the results were incredible. The information from your government shows that under 10%—10% of the funding for approved projects—has actually been paid. Now, Minister, many of these

Industry committee  I have trucking firms in the Okanagan that have specifically said that this has dissuaded some of them.... They are currently forced to work for other companies, because the orientation of their company is north-south. I think some of the smaller ones are there. It does sound to

Industry committee  Thank you.

Industry committee  Going back to the Canadian Trucking Alliance, again, there's a lot of integration between Canada and the United States. There are a lot of trucking companies that operate in the United States; they come to Canada and vice versa. What are some of the competitiveness differences w

Industry committee  Will the United States trucking firms be forced to use the federal trucking registry for the carbon tax?

Industry committee  That's interesting, okay. What about Canadian companies that operate in the United States. Will they be filling up on the U.S. side? Will that exempt them from having to pay it, or is that somehow part of the federal trucking registry?

Industry committee  What is your equivalent U.S. organization saying to this?