I will say this. If we were all starting from scratch and we had a white sheet of paper and were in government for the first day today, and we had the responsibilities we have under the Constitution to serve Canadians, I think the question deserves to be asked whether we believed we needed 370 buildings to render those services. I think, without taking a straw poll, many of us might say perhaps not. We do perhaps need buildings, and we already have some, so I think it's a question of common sense and commercial sense in terms of what we have and how we can keep it. If we're going to keep it, what's the footpath to addressing this very significant recap bill that we're facing? Furthermore, once we've done that, how do we ensure that the real estate portfolio has sufficient funding going forward so that we don't face another crunch in five, six, or seven years?
These are the issues I'm discussing right now with the department and our experts.