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Ottawa Update TBWG, Boston Ted Mackay, Transport Canada April 14, 2010 Outline • • • • • 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 4 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) 4 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 • Changes: – – – – Vic Toews, Public Safety Stockwell Day, Treasury Board Keith Ashfield, Atlantic Gateway Peter Van Loan, International Trade • No changes: – – – – 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]