Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of public works.
After cancelling the lease on a 37 square metre office in St. John's used primarily by the minister of fisheries, the government entered a five year deal on 348 square metres with a great view of the narrows.
Since the minister of public works has seen fit to spend $87,000 a year on these swanky new digs on top of $170,000 to renovate them to Liberal standards and over $46,000 to lavishly furnish them, could he tell the House whether the minister of fisheries who will be the primary occupant of these new suites had any input of any kind into the decision to move to these new offices?