To make sure we're on the same page, I believe we should have a clear set of standards in terms of the number of square metres and have mechanisms, as we've talked about, if departments wants to go beyond that for whatever reason. They can do it within their discretion and maybe have some other areas where they can get some savings, if they want to be more aggressive and go below the standard.
I believe also that we should have greater clarity on what types of departmental needs would justify certain exemptions to a very rigid or specific standard. In order to have that be the strongest instrument, it would need to be a government-wide policy. We would need to have cabinet approval for such policy and direction.
We could do it in a standard or we could do it in a guideline, but then we wouldn't have the mechanisms to actually enforce, whereas if we had clear a policy statement around principles, we would be able to do that.