Absolutely, and the situation today is obviously the result of what happened when the country was in deficit. There wasn't any money to put into maintaining government buildings, and they've deteriorated to the point of complete decrepitude. Today, the government's financial position is quite comfortable, but instead of investing money to fix up those buildings, it seems to be indicating that it wants to get rid of them, that it's going to make money in the short term and that it will lease them. Everything's being done without any case analysis indicating that it's a good deal for Canadian citizens and taxpayers.
On February 14th, 2008. See this statement in context.