Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Through the chair to the witness, the Prime Minister's house at 24 Sussex is a lower priority than an $8-million barn. Clearly you, the board of directors, the government and everybody involved failed miserably to achieve value for money. One example of that is that you actually put an elevator in this building that goes underground. When you choose to build underground, the costs are significantly greater than when you build from the ground level up. Clearly, you failed miserably to get value for money. Two million Canadians per month are going to food banks. Many of them can't afford housing. We have a vast shortage of housing potential. We have people who literally can't afford to eat in this country.
You had private security on these grounds where there are already two levels or multiple levels of security. There was a private security detail attached to the construction of this building. You already had two levels of security on the grounds to begin with. That I find very strange, considering I had to walk through a mob, on camera, between Confederation and West Block the other day, where protesters were literally breaking our laws and obstructing MPs' ability to get to work. I'm confused as to why there would be so much security there.
Do you believe for a second that Canadians trust you to manage a $40 million-plus project on the Prime Minister's house when you've in fact prioritized a barn in place of it?