Thank you; that is kind of you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for your comments. We certainly share your excitement.
All the team in PWGSC is mobilized, knowing that we are working on securing the legacy of built heritage for generations to come. We are also committed to doing so in a fiscally responsible manner and to demonstrating that with all transparency, Mr. Chair, to the taxpayer.
The point about the heritage buildings and how we balance between new and old architecture is an interesting one that has been tackled by architectural associations and heritage associations. The challenge is to work both with form and function. However, we make our decisions based on consultation with industry experts. The designs have to be approved by the National Capital Commission as well as the federal heritage buildings review office, which provides advice and recommendations on protecting the heritage character without limiting us to returning it and restoring it exactly to the way it looked before. I believe these provide us with good guidelines in terms of how to balance this design.
In terms of the communications plan to Canadians, we invest a lot of energy both in collaboration with our parliamentary partners to make sure that the public, including the visitors to Parliament Hill every year, are aware of the work that is ongoing and the investment the government has decided to make to preserve this heritage. For example, we have a very extensive website that includes a description of each of our projects and the commitment of the scope and the budget, as well as the timeline. We have also used visible sites, for example, Hill Centre, to provide educational information to the public regarding the work that we are undertaking.