Public Accounts committee  The property will never come back up at government expense. We will never incur the expense to sell that.

Public Accounts committee  With the way the system is set up to work, Mr. Chair, the individual being relocated options the incentive at origin. For someone moving from Ottawa to P.E.I., for example, they option the incentive not to sell their house in Ottawa when they go to P.E.I. and buy a house. As it is currently for any public servant, we do not pay purchase costs outside of legal, so it's a very minimal amount.

Public Accounts committee  That property is still on inventory for which we have paid an incentive of up to $12,000. The Government of Canada will never again have to pay for a disposal of that property, period.