You are correct in saying that my predecessor did so, because I was not the deputy minister or the president at the time, but, yes, that would be the process. When a lease comes up, there is a discussion with Public Works. In this instance the request was initiated by Public Works to my department--because the lease was coming up--to have a discussion, as is normally the case, on what the requirements were, what our plans were. Based on that, a technical assessment is made.
On January 31st, 2007. See this statement in context.