Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much, Mr. McBride, for appearing in front of our committee.
I'm a professional engineer, so I will address that aspect of the P3 projects. I like the concept very much. The concept is excellent.
You mentioned in your presentation the screening of projects of over $100 million, and you mentioned in your presentation and in your examples the infrastructure projects under the P3 scenario. You also specifically mentioned the project involving the Communications Security Establishment's long-term accommodation, and that an independent engineer will give a verdict on the completion and how it is.
So my question to you is, how are the design or other engineering aspects evaluated in the P3 projects? In your organization, how are you advising the other departments about whether this is the correct project, the correct design, and the correct concept? Do you have any engineering professionals on your staff? I think a lot of time, if you don't have a correct design, and of course combined with the Project Management Institute's recommendation—PMBOK and all the other stuff. If you don't have that, for sure a project is deemed to fail, and it's costing taxpayers money and I don't want taxpayers' money to be expended.
I understand very much—I am not an expert in finance—that the design is a very important aspect for any project in infrastructure.