Thank you for the question.
Just to put it in context, honourable member, the office has been in the same building in downtown Ottawa, not far from here, for almost its whole existence. This building is being renovated, therefore we were told we had to vacate the premises. At that point, of the new state-of-the-art buildings that were available and were close by, one was free in Gatineau, which also attracted the interest of other agents of Parliament. This is a big move. The whole office, then, was forced to make this move.
Unlike other departments, to follow up on another honourable member's question, we don't have bits of cash left around through which we can finance a move. That's why we had to get specific money.
The move impacts the personnel and it impacts almost all our operations. Not only do we move to a new kind of template for workspace, but we have to renew a lot of our IT equipment, even our phone lines and so on, so that is going to be a big and costly change.
The transition, I think, is being very ably managed by Mr. Nadeau and his staff. However, it is disruptive. For this reason we have not set ourselves any ambitious, new goals for this year. We're trying to continue on with our work and ensure an orderly transition, both to a new office and for a new commissioner.
