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March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  I believe this was addressed in part by the creation of the parliamentary precinct branch within Public Works. So we do have one, and I am personally accountable for the delivery of these projects on time and on budget. You are right to say there are many stakeholders in these projects, not only the parliamentary partners, but also the FHBRO, which we mentioned earlier, and the National Capital Commission, the RCMP, and I can go on.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for a very interesting question. As we mentioned before, the money that has been invested so far, and will be invested until the end of the long-term vision and plan, is a significant amount. It would probably cost us less today to build a new parliamentary precinct, but because of the symbolism and the importance of the seat of democracy, we have to be very careful that we are maintaining that historic value and symbolic value of these unique buildings.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  No, this was embedded in the original design.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  Thank you for pointing that out. We have worked, for example, on exterior guard huts just outside of Centre Block. That's one example of the work that has been done since October 22. For the longer term, the visitor welcome complex will be underground and will be outside of the imprint of the buildings.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to go back to the heritage aspect. I may not have completely answered Mr. Kerr's earlier question on this. One complexity of the LTVP is that we have to juggle several driving factors, including new functional requirements, the security aspects, the heritage element, and the complexity of working on buildings that were built in times when the blueprints were not necessarily very accurate.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  Total approvals to date for the LTVP amount to approximately $3 billion, and as of the end of March of this year, of the current month, we expect to have invested approximately $1.8 billion of that amount. The period between 2006 and 2015 would amount to $1.4 billion in investments.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  I will ask Ezio to answer.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  Allow me to find the information. I'm not sure I have the breakdown on an annual basis, but I can provide it to you on a phase basis.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  I understand that security is of the utmost importance for the workers, the visitors and, of course, the people using these buildings as their places of work every day. Public Works and Government Services Canada acts as a service provider, so we do not define the requirements for security.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  I will turn to Ezio in a minute to talk about the visitor welcome centre and what is already involved in the current design. But to address your question specifically about the changes since October 22, we have been working on upgrades to the vehicle screening facility for the RCMP, and we are still in constant conversation—with no confirmed scope change yet—for the buildings under construction.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  There is already a plan in place. I should point out that it will not be done before 2028-2029, at the earliest. Over 95% of the money we are investing will be reused to restore the building's integrity, among other things. We expect it to remain in the Public Works and Government Services portfolio and to once again be converted to be used as a conference venue.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  We take this very seriously, and we also take the health and safety of the workers on our construction sites very seriously. Before we embark on a rehabilitation project, we do what is called a “designated substance report”. Not only do we look for asbestos, but we make sure that we document every recurrence of a designated substance, including asbestos.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  We will be ready for the 2015 election with the existing chamber. We have been working for a good period of time now with the House of Commons to design additional seats that would be on both sides of the existing chamber. What is planned right now is that the last two rows would be replaced with theatre-style seating and, of course, be equipped with the same technology and facilities the other seats have.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan

Government Operations committee  In terms of the design—the architectural drawings for the conference centre—we expected to be at the halfway point, and that's exactly where we are. The project is still in its infancy. It is only 10% complete.

March 24th, 2015Committee meeting

Nancy Chahwan