Good afternoon, Mr. Gladu.
We held a meeting on January 31. Prior to the meeting, we had received a great deal of documentation from Public Works and from the Economic Development Agency of Canada. A document dated April 26, 2002 which was forwarded to Mr. Séguin by Mr. Patrick Dolan, of Public Works Canada, states that there were negotiations with the owners of Place Victoria. It says that the latter confirmed on Thursday by telephone that the gross rate of $308 a square meter included upgrading of all base buildings.
In another document, which is actually a memo to the Minister of Public Works, Mr. Goodale, signed on June 18, 2002, it talks about a rate of $308 a square meter excluding renovations. What exactly happened between the time a rate including improvements—which was therefore advantageous to the government—was successfully negotiated and the time when the Minister was advised to sign an agreement providing for a rate of $308 a square meter excluding renovations?