Ms. Michèle Demers at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On February 14th, 2008. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2008 / 9:55 a.m.

President, , Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

You know, I think you should be seeking those assurances as representatives of the population.

Obviously we're looking at experiences here in Canada that are not positive experiences. We're looking at experiences in Australia, New Zealand, and that part of the country where they've realized it was a bad deal to sell off the government buildings and lease them back, so why are we repeating these errors of the Australian model? Why are we doing that?

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