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

Government Operations committee  Thank you.

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 par

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 th

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

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 as

Government Operations committee  I will ask Ezio to answer.

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.

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 investmen

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 f

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 RC

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 Governmen

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

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

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much for the question. You are referring to the work still being done around the building, but I can assure you that the project will be completed on time. We plan to meet the deadlines. In fact, we believe that the work will be substantially complete within just