We recognize that there will have to be some organization or mechanism put in place by Parliament to manage and assume responsibility for the Parliament buildings. How precisely that is done will be up to the two houses of Parliament and Public Works to determine the models of that. Over the years different options have been developed and discussed, but we were not comfortable going to a recommendation on a specific model.
We do note in the report how other countries are doing this--for example, the chief architect in the United States. I know that the two parliamentary bodies and Public Works are quite aware of how this is being managed in the U.S. and Great Britain. We expect that a proposal will be developed by them on how this organization would function.
I was fortunate enough to have a tour of some of the rehabilitation work going on. Should the committee decide to look at this chapter, it might be worthwhile for members to actually see the rehabilitation work. We walk by these buildings every day, but I look at them quite differently now after having had that tour. It might be interesting for the committee to have a tour so that the project and the scope of the project could be explained to you. I think Public Works would probably welcome that.