Mr. Chair, the long-term vison and plan, or LTVP as we know it today, was redefined in 2010 to allow for rolling programs of five years of work. I can say that since its inception, we have invested $1.4 billion in the rehabilitation of our parliamentary buildings.
The government has approved another $1.6 billion for the continuation of the phases of work that have been approved. Those include mainly the West Block rehabilitation, the East Block work that has already started, the Sir John A. Macdonald Building south of Wellington, as well as the building at 180 Wellington. We have basically six major capital projects. Aside from those I just mentioned, I would add the Government Conference Centre, to be used as an interim accommodation space for the Senate while we rehabilitate Centre Block, and the visitor welcome centre.
As for the end, it's really by project. This is a long-term vision, so we are doing very intricate sequencing of the work, including interim space, so that we can vacate the buildings we need to get to and rehabilitate them before the building systems become critical, in risk of critical failure.
I can give you a few end dates. We are very happy to say that the Sir John A. Macdonald Building will be the next one to come online, in 2015. We expect to have finished the building at 180 Wellington, including 70 parliamentary office units and committee rooms in 2016. In 2017 we'll see the reopening of the West Block, including the interim chamber. In 2018 we will deliver on the Government Conference Centre rehabilitation.