The intent was to target jobs. One of the measures mentioned was to seek out competitive leases. Moving public servants into adequate offices requires space. We'll talk about this later, but I've taken note of Mr. Proulx's comments and I'm prepared to go along with his amendment. I have no wish to adopt a partisan position. I'm thinking about our federal employees in the National Capital Region and I'd like us to work together this morning to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.
On June 20th, 2006. See this statement in context.