Procedure and House Affairs committee  The current horizon is dictated by our strategic plan. There are no other major initiatives in the current strategic plan that would require an increase in that funding right now.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, there are two reasons for the majority of the costs that you're seeing. First, we've entered into an agreement with one of our security partners, and we're purchasing a service for that. That's why it's classified there. The cost of that service is over $3 million. That service is a big reason for that increase.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is given in the Speaker's response. The costs have been minimal. We currently have the infrastructure to support the iPhone, so we didn't have to invest in new infrastructure to support iPhones. What we had to do was expand our existing infrastructure to buy specific licences for the pilot, so the costs were really minimal.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can only comment on the fact that the approach we have implemented for the use of the iPhone is as secure as we can get right now. In the context of how we are providing the service to the members, it meets the current security requirements for the House to deliver the services that we're delivering, being some of the mail, and the contacts, and the calendaring that we're providing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and Mr. Chair. I can add to the response of the Speaker. It's basically the funding required to support the investments made as part of the long-term renovations on the Hill, in the four major areas of the broadcasting facilities that we're maintaining—the networking infrastructure, also the security technologies, the integrated security systems, the integrated trunking radio systems—and also new services, such as the wireless services that we're starting to deliver this year for the precinct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They are mainly recurring costs. We committed to come before the Board of Internal Economy on a yearly basis to submit the necessary costs for the investments in the long-term renovations.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The plan this year is to start introducing some wireless functionality in some of the areas on the Hill. We're planning a pilot project for later in the fall. We're looking at using La Promenade as the first step, to minimize some of the risk and test some of the committee areas.