In making this commitment, we are providing over $17 billion in base funding to municipal governments for their infrastructure needs through the GST rebate, including $8 billion in new money to extend the gas tax transfers to 2014; $2.3 billion to provide equal per jurisdiction funding for provinces and territories of $25 million per year through 2014; $8.8 billion for the new Building Canada Fund to support large- and small-scale projects, such as waste water treatment plants, highways, public transit, and cultural and recreational facilities; $1.3 billion for a new national fund for public-private partnerships, plus $25 million ...[+++]for a new federal office for P3s; and substantial support for international trade, including $2.1 billion for a new fund for gateways and border crossings, and additional funding for the Asia-Pacific gateway.

190. Notes the complaint lodged by the Director-General of the Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels (OIB) in his Annual Activity Report on the structural deficit generated by the cost of maintaining the Berlaymont building following its refurbishment, and also his references to a series of accounting and management problems; considers that the structural-deficit problems highlighted should be resolved as a matter of urgency and calls upon the Commission to ...[+++]take appropriate action and to notify Parliament thereof;

191. Notes the complaint lodged by the Director-General of the Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels (OIB) in his Annual Activity Report on the structural deficit generated by the cost of maintaining the Berlaymont building following its refurbishment , and also his references to a series of accounting and management problems; considers that the structural-deficit problems highlighted should be resolved as a matter of urgency and calls upon the Commission to ...[+++] take appropriate action and to notify Parliament thereof;

191. Notes the complaint lodged by the Director-General of the Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels (OIB) in his Annual Activity Report on the structural deficit generated by the cost of maintaining the Berlaymont building following its refurbishment , and also his references to a series of accounting and management problems; considers that the structural-deficit problems highlighted should be resolved as a matter of urgency and calls upon the Commission to ...[+++] take appropriate action and to notify Parliament thereof;

I am pleased to say that after significant work by my provincial office and members of the federal NDP caucus, we were able to secure federal funding and build Talisman Woods.

The federal accountability act builds on our platform commitments and takes into account our discussions with officers of Parliament such as the Auditor General and the Information Commissioner, public policy experts, imminent Canadians and unions.