Deputy Minister, is there a need to revise the Treasury Board policy on management of real properties under which you have to look at all the properties that are more than 40 years old and designate them as heritage? Does it force you to designate some properties as heritage, or do you need some flexibility?
This only keeps on adding to the number of heritage properties. As a taxpayer, I'm concerned about spending money on the maintenance of these heritage properties. Some of them have to be maintained, I agree, but not all the properties that are being designated as heritage properties. The best example is the NCC has the Prime Minister's residence at 24 Sussex Drive, and if you ask me, tear it down and build a new one instead of spending money maintaining it.
Do you think there's a need for flexibility, or a change in this particular policy?