The memo was written on May 3rd. At the beginning of April, we were informed that Canada Economic Development would remain at Place Victoria. At that time, there had not yet been any negotiations with Place Victoria.
At the beginning of May, people in our communications branch asked me to draft a memo on behalf of the Department justifying the decision to remain at Place Victoria. I refuse to do so, for the following reason: from what I knew at the time, the rent at Place Victoria would be 430 $ per square meter. According to the analysis done at the regional level, it would not be economically viable to stay put since we already had signed a lease with Place Bonaventure.