As we have already said, we hope that when choosing their preferred option, readers of this report will be explicit about the public policy objective their preferred option is designed to help achieve.

The analysis carried out in the impact assessment has demonstrated that option 3 with sub-option 3.2 is the preferred option.

Question No. 899 Mr. Hoang Mai: With regard to the proposed new bridge on the St. Lawrence River: (a) why did the 2012 budget not include long-term planning for the proposed bridge; (b) have the cost estimates been further refined since initial estimates of between three and five billion dollars were made, and how are these estimated costs broken down, in as much detail as possible; (c) what further factors need to be taken into account to refine the estimates; (d) at what time in the financial analysis process will the Treasury Board of Canada or the Department of Finance be involved and to what extent; (e) has Transport Canada chosen the funding model and, if so, which one, and why; (f) will there be any public consultation concernin ...[+++]g the funding model; (g) have any economic models been created to understand the financial impacts of the various options for the project; (h) is public-private partnership (P3) still an option (i) who is involved in making the decision about P3, (ii) have there been concrete steps made in order to finalize a decision, (iii) will there be any public consultation regarding P3; (i) has Transport Canada decided on the type of structure (bridge or tunnel); (j) what are the initial outcomes of the government’s collaboration with the province of Québec to integrate transit onto the new bridge; (k) has Transport Canada been involved in the study of integrating a Light Rail Transit (LRT) onto the bridge, (i) at what stage in the planning process will the government define the parameters of public transportation on the bridge, (ii) how is the government coordinating the planning process with the government of Québec, the Agence métropolitaine de transport and other interested parties, (iii) when are the results of this study expected and will they be made public, (iv) is the LRT the preferred option according to the current status of the study, (v) will the government help fund a project of this calibre if LRT is chosen as the appropr ...

POSEI: The preferred Option for Bananas

In terms of preferred options, all options in chapter 12 are preferred, as all are necessary to ensure that all Canadians are addressed in the development and implementation of simultaneous population health strategies among various population groups in Canada, because there is some crossover between groups.

The fact that AECL's preferred model for deep underground disposal remains one of the options and is likely to be pursued vigorously despite the fact the panel noted 95 technical deficiencies in the model. That does not build public confidence, nor does the repeated reference to ``each proposed approach'' as though these really are options, since the secret cabinet document that fell into my hands and which I released to The Globe and Mail on May 2, 2001, said the government had concluded the deep disposal method to be the preferred o ...[+++]ption.