Government Operations committee  I will probably ask my colleague to talk more about the recap process. Mainly, I can tell you one thing. For example, look at what is under way on the East Block tower. It is covered in white sheets. We had trouble with the masonry on that part of the tower. It was falling apa

Government Operations committee  Yes, we have evaluations. We are creating what we call building management plans. These are evaluations for each building. We do evaluations regularly. I'll hand things over to my colleague. Maybe you can talk about the BMPs and the process we have.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. If we continue with the Olympic Games analogy, we do not have just one project on the go, we have several. If you walk along Wellington Street, you will see all the scaffolding. Several projects are happening. There are a number of reasons why we nee

Government Operations committee  There will be close to 250 specialized masons on the building site from all over Canada. The company that is currently working on the site is providing us with the expertise we need. We will have a lot of artisans working on redoing the interior moulding. We will need a lot of sp

Government Operations committee  Thank you. I am sorry. I will give you the clarification you need. I will ask my colleague Ezio to answer the question about the roof. As to the governance, I am sorry that I was not clear. I will give you the list of committees. All the stakeholders are part of various committe

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. As I mentioned at the outset, we have looked at various models and we are ready to continue the discussion with the Senate and House of Commons representatives. We are in a holding pattern. I will give you the structure. There are not that many commi

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. As I said at the beginning, the program today is different from the one we started with. It was modified along the way. Changes were made and things were added. For example, we will have 30 additional members of Parliament. That was not foreseen. We

Government Operations committee  We are looking at the spring of 2013, before the tourist season starts, Mr. Chair. That is our objective.

Government Operations committee  The requirements in terms of the security bollards come from the RCMP. They asked us to do that work. With them, we specified the number and type of bollards we needed. The decision was based on operational requirements. We did it to meet the RCMP's needs.

Government Operations committee  The approval process of projects for the House and the Senate actually goes through the administrative committees for whom we work. There is the House, the RCMP and us. The House of Commons provides those committees with ideas. We look at how they can be made possible, but, ultim

Government Operations committee  For the West Block program, the projects approved are in the order of $1.171 billion. Those are approved projects. For the Wellington Building rehabilitation, the $425 million is in the overall rehabilitation budget. Once again, that includes contingencies, consultants' fees and

Government Operations committee  That is correct. When I tell you that the projects are on time and on budget, I am basing that comment on the preliminary projects approved by the Treasury Board. They are the amounts on which we can be judged.

Government Operations committee  We have put in place measures to guard against the unexpected. We have learned lessons over the years that let us clearly understand how masonry works. National and international experts are working on different projects, mainly on the roof and the building's historical issues. W

Government Operations committee  We are aware that 2017 is an important year. For the buildings, the work is scheduled to end by the spring of 2017. The other work we are doing will allow us to have the frontage and the large lawn that connects the three buildings clear. Our objective is to have that area clear

Government Operations committee  Your question has two parts: first about costs and second, from Public Accounts, about the amount of a little more than $1 billion. If I may, I will deal with the cost management system first. Costs have changed over time. It is important to understand that our process includes