Mr. Tim McGrath at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On April 15th, 2008. See this statement in context.

April 15th, 2008 / 9:45 a.m.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Real Property Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services

Yes, in June 2006 we launched the RFP to take on the advisers. That's when we engaged RBC and BMO. But the decision and the discussions with that had started almost as soon as Minister Fortier became our minister. One of the first briefings we provided to Minister Fortier was the discussions around the revitalization of our portfolio.

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