Government Operations committee  The main issues we're facing are included in the various reports that we have requested from third parties over the years. One of these reports concluded that West Block would come to the end of its useful life in 2013. We were able to release it in 2010 and 2011, and we saw imme

Government Operations committee  I don't know if there will be a Tim Hortons or a Starbucks. I cannot answer that. I can tell you that all the IT responsibility is under the House of Commons, so they will have to give us the requirements and we'll be happy to install these systems, as we're doing right now. We'r

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. As I said earlier, the first project was established or looked at in 1997. Since then, the scope of the projects changed following amendments and requirements from parliamentarians and senators. We have also had to deal with a lot of changes in code

Government Operations committee  You'll recall that I came and spoke about this contract two years ago. The reason why the contract was terminated at the time was simple. The general contractor who won the invitation to tender was unable to meet the objectives of the contract quickly enough. Therefore, PWGSC wit

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, if I have understood the question correctly, I would say that we still need a lot of temporary offices. We have two options. The first is to renovate the buildings that belong to Public Works and Government Services Canada, like the La Promenade Building or the Wellin

Government Operations committee  I have some numbers. As we speak, there are more than 500 people working on the West Block, the Wellington Building, and the Sir John A. Macdonald Building. People are working on site today. In the future, when we look at job creation, we think that about 4,000 direct and indire

Government Operations committee  The actual plan now is that we have vacated the West Block. Our objective is also to empty out East Block eventually and transfer its occupants to the buildings we are currently renovating. While we are renovating Centre Block, the occupants of each side of the building will be

Government Operations committee  With respect to audits, our team was given two internal audit mandates. The first mandate was the one I spoke about in the presentation. The mandate was to audit our project management to see if there were things we could improve when it comes to following up on our own processes

Government Operations committee  Thank you for telling us about this situation. We have made some checks and it turns out that the main reason the general contractor made that mistake is this: the employees who work in Ontario must have their Ontario certification. But the contractor had hired workers from Quebe

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I will ask my colleague Ezio to answer the question. He is an expert on this and worked on implementing this project.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. We have a management plan for asbestos. As you know, East Block was being renovated, and the asbestos we found there has been removed. Asbestos and all other hazardous products are currently controlled. We have management plans for asbestos and other

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I would like to remind you that we take health and safety very seriously and that we put in place every measure necessary in that respect. Joanne may talk about how we manage the asbestos and all the dangerous products.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, we have an asbestos management plan that indicates where the asbestos is and what steps to take to restore the situation. We set out all those steps in the methodology that we use in our building management plan. Joanne, maybe you could tell us if you have these numbe

Government Operations committee  We can send you those documents.

Government Operations committee  In 15 seconds that's tough. That would take two hours. It's like my colleague said. There is the issue of triple glass in the roof. Heat recovery is important to us. We will be able to play with sensors that will allow us to adjust the temperature based on where people are. The