Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair.
It is a shame that we only have one hour to deal with Public Works and Government Services, the same amount of time we had to deal with the PCO, with a budget one-thousandth the size.
There are so many things we've dealt with as a committee that having you here is very useful, Mr. Guimont.
I'd like to focus mainly on the real property portfolio. First of all, in most comparable Commonwealth countries, the parliament buildings and the parliamentary precinct are under the jurisdiction of the speaker or some joint committee. I think most people agree that the delegation of that authority to Public Works has been problematic, at best, and maybe really expensive. Obviously you have so much on your plate now that it seems the renovation, restoration, and even maintenance of buildings here hasn't been very well done.
Would you agree--very briefly, if you could--with the Auditor General's report that it would be a good idea to set up some kind of other management administrative structure for the parliamentary buildings?