Transport committee  The answer to that is yes. The chair has had to remind me to unmute myself only twice out of three times, so that is the case. We do appreciate it. We have noted that it's particularly important during the period of COVID-19, where people are reliant upon the Internet. They're

Transport committee  We find the fund to be very helpful to us. We're in the process now of establishing a region-wide transit service, inter-regional, intercity and intertown. The federal funds have enabled us to move forward in that regard. We already have a basic service. Our local municipalitie

Transport committee  The answer is yes, we have been in communication with federal authorities on this. They are aware of our need for funding from the federal government. I mentioned that it was somewhat ambiguous. The criteria said if you wanted the green fund—which you would think this would be p

Transport committee  I think flexibility is necessary. Let me give the example of the green stream program. We have a waste-water treatment plant that will be new. The eligibility requirement is for “upgrade” or “rehabilitation”. To get our interpretation so that we can get the funding, we would have

Transport committee  Mr. Chair, we've not found that to be a great problem. It's a dilemma for the government, of course. Mr. Scheer mentioned, first of all, the fact that you want accountability and that the Auditor General is looking at that, yet the more accountable we must be, the more informatio

Transport committee  That concludes our opening remarks, and we welcome any questions should there be any.

Transport committee  Thank you for the invitation to speak with you this afternoon regarding Niagara’s perspective on approaches to enhancing federal infrastructure investments. During the pandemic, regional council has remained committed to proceeding with many of its key capital infrastructure pr