Government Operations committee  There's Atlantic Pilotage, Great Lakes Pilotage, Laurentian Pilotage, and Pacific Pilotage. They are four separate crown corporations.

Government Operations committee  Blue Water is a bridge.

Government Operations committee  There's the Museum of Science and Technology and the National Gallery of Canada. I think Mr. Wiersema mentioned the new Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. So we have four in Ottawa and one in Winnipeg. The War Museum is a part of the Museum of Civilization; it's not a separate corporation.

Government Operations committee  You have all of the museums.

Government Operations committee  There are four pilotage authorities. There's the Blue Water Bridge corporation--

Government Operations committee  All the transport-related crowns are under the Minister of Transport. A good number of other crowns not necessarily related to transport are also under the umbrella of the Minister of Transport. The Royal Canadian Mint is quite an important one, which I think we didn't name. Downsview Park, Canada Post, and the Federal Bridge Corporation are all transport-related.

Government Operations committee  They're four separate crown corporations.

Government Operations committee  I think you've essentially covered the main points. To go back to the special examination, I think our conclusion was that they have a fairly strong planning process for developing the park. They have a very clear vision of what they want to do with the park. I guess the big question with Downsview is the financing of the development of such a major project.

Government Operations committee  In the case of Downsview, they have a 12-member board. When we did the special examination, I think we were quite satisfied with the governance practices and the way the board was overseeing the corporation. One point we noted in the report is that as of the end of April 2008, eight directors had been appointed between January and October 2007, including the chair.

Government Operations committee  As Mr. Wiersema mentioned, it is a sub of another crown corporation, but it's been deemed a parent. So in terms of governance structure it has a typical structure of a crown corporation with its own board of directors, who are really overseeing management. There are very few links, in reality, between that corporation and its parent company, which is the Canada Lands Company.

Government Operations committee  They're really developing the former Canadian air force base, so they have a long-term plan. They're still at the early stage. Most of the work done in the last two, three years was mainly landscaping work. They have a comprehensive development plan over the next 25 years. The major section will be a park, but there's also a whole bunch of projects, in terms of residential land, commercial-type real estate.

Government Operations committee  There is Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. There's a good number in the Heritage portfolio, including all the national museums, the National Arts Centre, the Canada Council for the Arts, and Telefilm Canada. There are a good number in Transport; the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited is just one.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, Mr. Chair. I was quite pleased to see that the issue of the difference of views on the mandate has been discussed and further work will be done, because this is important for us. I think it is key to make sure we maintain our ability to serve parliamentarians on this one.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I would see this as progress for sure, but I think we're raising two key issues on the chapter: the timeliness of appointment and communication with people. Again, those are improvements, but I haven't seen anything there talking about communication with people getting appointments—that's a key one—and again the main thing would be to make sure those appointments are going to be done on a timely basis.

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, those are the responses that have been published in our report.