Environment committee  Again, that doesn't mean it isn't possible. I'll use the example of asbestos. Under former minister Judy Foote, we posted all of the buildings that contain asbestos, and then we reached out to the leasing environment. We made sure of whether or not they had an asbestos management

Environment committee  As an example, just to your point, when we sold 1 Front Street, I believe there were provisions in that sale to maintain some of the heritage characteristics, so we would work closely with the organizations that we talked about in our presentation.

Environment committee  Yes.

Environment committee  No, and I'm not sure from a timing perspective, but when we go back to some of the comments we made about a long-term vision and plan, and a portfolio plan, and when we think about about how money is devolved in a Westminster model with 26 custodians, we tend to get into a projec

Environment committee  I am not aware—in any of our leasing clauses—that we give a higher order of magnitude of favour, if you will, to a heritage leased property versus a non-heritage leased property.

Environment committee  That's a great suggestion, and if I can do something analogous in the area of greening, certainly the federal government and PSPC—given it has roughly 6.1 million metres squared of office space—can influence the leasing environment to be more sustainable and green by putting diff

Environment committee  Typically, when we are looking at leased space, office space is looked at as a commodity. We have about 1,500 or so leases across the country. It's actually a larger number than that, but it's over 1,500 leases across the country for office space specifically. However, within our

Environment committee  Yes, that's on the owned side.

Environment committee  Right.

Environment committee  I don't believe so, but that would be something I would have to get back to the committee on.

Environment committee  Yes, thank you. I also have a unit at the Department of Canadian Heritage. My organization's main client now is probably the parliamentary precinct, for which Mr. Wright is responsible, but we also offer services to other custodians, as I said in my presentation. We have exper

Environment committee  Thank you for your question. In my opinion, in every situation, there is a principle we can use to improve the condition of each building, such as those on McNabs Island. We can adopt a portfolio planning concept. My colleague Mr. Wright says he has a long-term vision and plans

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to appear and speak about how we at Public Services and Procurement Canada are successfully managing heritage buildings in our portfolio. I'm happy to share with you the important work we have undertaken and are continuing t

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question on risk. I thought I would just bring it down to a few more practical terms. We follow the Treasury Board guidance on project management and risks assessments, so we actually do an organizational assessment of ourselves. Marty, in the CFO role, leads t

Government Operations committee  Yes. I believe it's too soon.