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Ottawa Update
TBWG, Boston
Ted Mackay, Transport Canada
April 14, 2010
Outline
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Budget 2010
Stimulus Program
Olympics
Cabinet Shuffle
G8 and G20 Summits (June 2010)
Budget 2010
• Confirms one more year of
stimulus (to end-March 2011)
• Emphasis then will be on
eliminating the deficit:
– 2009-10: $53.8 B
– 2010-11: $49.2 B
– 2011-12: $27.6 B
• Department’s operating
budgets frozen at 2010-11
levels until 2012-13
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Budget 2010 – Transport/Border
• Border Security
– CBSA: $87 M/two years:
• vehicle and cargo scanning equipment, upgraded information
systems, enhanced programs (Partners in Protection, NEXUS)
• Aviation Security
– Air Cargo Security: $75.6 M/5 years, for Transport Canada
– Aviation Security: Air Travelers’ Security Charge increased April 1,
to raise $1.5 billion over five years
• DRIC
– Transport Canada receives $10 M/3 years for legal, financial and
technical work
• Montréal Bridges
– $51 M/2 years for Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges
Economic Action Plan (Stimulus)
•Year 2 of Economic Action Plan
•$19 B in new overall federal
stimulus
•$6 B from other levels of
government
•Infrastructure Stimulus Fund
• $4 billion fully committed
• 4000 projects
•Infrastructure spending:
•“largest impact on economic
growth of all fiscal measures”
•Added .4 % of GDP in 2009,
.5% forecast for 2010
(source: Conference Board of Canada)
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Olympics
• CBSA kept maximum
number of lanes at the four
Lower Mainland border
crossings open for travelers
16 hours a day
• No significant border delays
reported
• Beer delivered
Cabinet Shuffle January 19
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Vic Toews, Public Safety
Stockwell Day, Treasury Board
Keith Ashfield, Atlantic Gateway
Peter Van Loan, International Trade
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Transport
Foreign Affairs
Environment
Finance
G8 and G20 Summits
• G8 Summit, Huntsville,
Ontario: June 25-26
• G20 Summit, Toronto,
June 26-27
Thank you!
Ted Mackay
Highway and Border Policy
Transport Canada
[email protected]