I understand that you negotiate on a mutual agreement basis. However, I would like you to confirm one thing. According to my information, the St‑Bernard hotel with which we are all familiar, adjacent to the border crossing, has been leased full-time by the Government of Canada since 2017.
I am told that from 2017 to 2020, it cost $15 million, or about $5 million per year, to rent the rooms. I imagine it is still being leased today. Is that correct?
As well, has the hotel been used? When I visited, there were never any refugees there. There were 500 spaces in the trailers being used as dormitories. In the summer, the government had even set up tents for 3,000 people that were never used.
Has the hotel ever been used, and is the price I cited correct?