Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I appreciate the note that has been handed to me, because I did not have the details of this. I had not seen the final figures. I had simply asked for a verification.
I see there is a difference of $120,000 per year over five years, which makes $600,000; we were talking about over $1 million for the move alone, plus the inconvenience, the loss of productivity, the improvements to the building, etc.
Once again, at the time I wanted to see if we could do something the right way, transparently, and I sent a letter. My work ended there. If I had been turned down, it would have ended there, we would have gone to Place Bonaventure, and I agreed with that entirely. I only wanted to check because people from the public service, from the department... According to what Mr. Gladu told me, the deputy minister did not want to move. He was happy where he was at the time. I only requested a verification, because the Department of Public Works needed extra space.
This confirms to me that they managed to get the cost, down from $430 to $308. Therefore, when you do the calculations, less the move, there was no expense. My goal was not to do that, I only wanted to check. I never asked for anything else, Mr. Chairman.