Public Accounts committee  As far as the documentation regarding projects goes, all of it is handled in accordance with the government security policy. It's either classified or it's unclassified. If it's classified, then it's part of documentation in support of a project. It is treated accordingly. The

Public Accounts committee  The building was designed as a NORAD control centre, and it was built as a NORAD control centre, and it is currently being used for that intended purpose.

Public Accounts committee  What delay are we talking about?

Public Accounts committee  I'm not aware what the timeline was for any delay; however, modifications that are performed and reworking that has to be done are regrettably all part of normal construction practices. Some things were not put in right. We had cases where the locks were put on the wrong side o

Public Accounts committee  I'm not saying they were all minor. They were what would be considered, on a $25 million construction project, oversights that weren't done correctly and had to be reworked.

Public Accounts committee  There was no circumvention at that point. Subsequently, during the construction of the facility, it was determined that the security measures had to be in place. Security measures were put in place to either have cleared contractors working on the facility or have those contracto

Public Accounts committee  When the construction contract was awarded, a threat risk assessment was done to determine whether or not the facility required people with security clearances to work on the initial construction phase of the building. It was deemed by the operational authority of the day that it

Public Accounts committee  To the best of our knowledge, the facility has not been compromised. We would not be conducting the operations we are conducting from that facility if we had any doubt as to the operational and technical integrity of the above-ground facility.

Public Accounts committee  We've conducted extensive physical and technical inspections of the North Bay facility, both during the construction and subsequent to the construction but prior to the commissioning of the facility. We continue to have procedural and technical means to ensure that the integrity

Public Accounts committee  Absolutely.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, sir. Earlier last year the facility was occupied by the military members from the Canadian Air Defence Sector. They are conducting the NORAD mission from there. The United States Air Force and the Department of Defense in the U.S. did their own independent inspection of the

Public Accounts committee  There was not a security requirements checklist required at that point of the construction. Appropriate security measures were taken once the building envelope had been completed and the building became a sensitive area from an operational standpoint. The contractors—

Public Accounts committee  I can answer that, or at least the first part of that question, Mr. Chairman. The NORAD facility is currently being used for its intended purpose, without any restrictions. As far as the cost of the building goes, it is my understanding, and I would have to refer to Mr. Stevens

Public Accounts committee  There are no additional costs for the security lapses. There were additional security measures taken in that building that are consistent with the evolving threat. If we go back to when this building was designed in the late 1990s, subsequent to the contracting for that facility

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, as far as the above-ground complex in North Bay goes, the original design was conceived in the late 1990s and the tendering process went on in the 2002 and beyond timeframe. For the initial construction activity that took place, there was an original threat risk assess