Thank you.
Thank you for appearing and for your information.
The first thing I'd like to do is make a request. I've been through the website of Public Works and I've noticed that there are three reports that have been commissioned by Public Works: one by Bronson Consulting in 2006, one by Marbek Resource Consultants in October 2000, and one by Caneta Research Inc. in August 2001. I've prepared a list of those reports, and I would like to request that those be provided to us. I'll give the list to the clerk because I've typed out the names.
One of the things that I'm left confused by when I go through all the documents is that both Public Works and NRCan claim to have the mandate to be improving building efficiency, and overseeing, and focal points, yet when you drill down, it appears that neither entity is taking responsibility for the 40,000 federally owned buildings. That's one thing that I would appreciate some clarification on.
Connected to that, I appreciate the update on the FBI, and I understand it a bit more now. It seems to be the approach being taken in the private sector to an extent, where money is loaned, the retrofit is done, and then over time you pay it back in reduced energy costs. But there's a question I have. Both of the agencies could respond to this.
Public Works has only a little over 300 buildings and NRCan 222. That's out of 40,000 buildings. How is anyone to keep track of where the overall actions are being taken? Who actually is responsible for making sure that energy use is reduced? My target is.... I'm good that the target is the sustainable development act, to reduce greenhouse gases, but frankly, my interest is in reducing the federal government expenditures contributing to the deficit.
I'm interested in a response. There doesn't seem to be any central mandate for anybody to have the responsibility to be costing and making sure that the money is set aside in some way, short term or long term, to actually reduce energy costs by the federal government.