Thank you for the question.
Mr. Chair, I am pleased to speak to those elements. The total amount of the funding set aside for this part of the work on the manège militaire is $5 million. The supplementary estimates request the access of $3.6 million of that $5 million.
This fiscal year a further $1 million is being spent from the economic action plan on the project. The work that is being carried out by the department includes the cleaning of the building interiors, removal of contamination, installation of a temporary heating and ventilation system, and investigation of the masonry walls in terms of speaking to their solidity and appropriateness for re-use.
We're preparing some preliminary cost evaluations and preparing the functional and operational programs for the future use of the site. In addition, there is an opportunity posted on the electronic tendering process, MERX, right now, which seeks proponents to propose solutions for the long-term reconstruction and use of the site.
That MERX posting will close on December 6, the evaluation will follow, and then the selected proponents will be asked to come forward and propose solutions in 2011. At that point the department will seek the approval of government for a long-term solution.