Maybe I can add a few points and then I'll turn to my colleague. It's just as further emphasis to what the minister said.
Going back to the question about capital increase or decrease in our budget, this year, Tim, if I remember, we are getting $54 million, a tranche, which is meant to support further steps on the West Block. So this is the challenge that we have with our capital budget. Some projects are completed--a decrease in our budget--and some projects flow in as further authorities have been given, and that's the case for the West Block. So that's the first point.
The second point is the complexity of the task at hand and the domino effect, just to be more specific. Colleagues, you are aware that with the West Block it means we have to move MPs out. The Promenade Building is being refurbished, and that's a critical step. Work is proceeding very nicely there. Committee rooms are so critical for your work, and the Wellington Building then kicks in for that, so it's a parallel track, very important. The last element, which you are also familiar with, is the so-called Room 200, of which the Bank of Montreal is to be a key piece.
Why am I saying all this? It's a complicated piece of business. I think we're tracking and making solid progress. I have now put in charge a senior ADM responsible for the parliamentary precinct directorate. This is an appointment that was made a couple of months ago and it has increased the torque in tracking progress for that project. We have, frankly--and that can be tested--a very solid relationship with the House and the Senate. This is critical. That's the precinct. In the precinct we have to dance with a number of individuals in order to be able to make progress.
I have one last point and I won't be too long.
The complexity of the task is not only governance; it's also complicated buildings, by the very state they're in. I'll just give an anecdote that you'll probably associate with, and that's the Library of Parliament. You know, we were often in the paper--it's late, it's a bit more expensive. When you look at the results, I think most of you would say it's a very good piece of work, and we're very proud of it in Public Works. But that's the challenge. These are heritage buildings that are very different from, let's say, our leaseback approach to common buildings for people to work in.
So that's always a challenge, which is out there, and there will be surprises. I don't want them. I try to manage not to have surprises, but these are older buildings. That's the reality.