His inquiry was contained in the letter he had written to my predecessor, Mr. Boudria. To the best of my recollection, I first became aware of that when it was sent up to me with the deputy minister's recommendation. The two were attached together, but that was it. I don't recall any other representation by Mr. Drouin. He was secretary of state for the affected department and made the request, as I read the letter, to stay put in the existing premises where the department had been for the previous 30 years, if that were possible; the department did the analysis and concluded it was possible from both an economic and obeying-the-rules point of view.
On March 6th, 2008. See this statement in context.