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Finance committee Let's be clear. We had this discussion this morning. The existing $33 billion infrastructure program, which is before the 2009 budget amounts, is reprofiled to future years when it lapses. The governing principle behind the new moneys that have been announced in the 2009 budget i
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee The budget was presented in this case in 2008, about the same time as the main estimates were tabled. There was no parliamentary approval at that point to make this payment. That came after the main estimates would have been tabled and approved, and these items are included in th
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee Those would have been made in June 2008.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee Alfred.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee I'm quite certain that was a payment made to provinces and it would have been allocated on a per capita basis for investments in public transit.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee I don't believe there was matching....
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee Yes. The principle behind this is that the provinces are accountable to their own legislatures. We don't impose accountability constraints on provinces to the extent that we would, for example, claw the money back if we thought that for some reason the funds weren't spent on thos
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee The provinces agree, when they get the money, to spend it on the purposes set out in the trust. We don't then go and audit them to determine whether they've spent the moneys or not.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee It's an arrangement between two sovereign entities, effectively. The principle behind that arrangement is that they're accountable to their legislature.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee We are responsible for administering the customs policy.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee Yes.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee Jean-Michel, perhaps you could answer that question.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee Yes, there is such a policy in place. It is administered by Treasury Board. That's all I can tell you.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee That's correct.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon
Finance committee I understand. This policy is indeed the responsibility of the Treasury Board.
February 10th, 2009Committee meeting
Paul Rochon