Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I was responding to the question. When I was referring to consultants, I was referring to the banks, because we did use two banks as part of the initial plan and then we had Deutsche Bank come in and provide advice on the advice that we were being given. Those are th

Government Operations committee  Of the West Block project?

Government Operations committee  Yes, we do. That is under the authority of another assistant deputy minister, but we do have that information. That is managed through an oversight committee and an advisory committee on the long-term vision and plan for the parliamentary precinct.

Government Operations committee  That transfer, no. They were already planned through our A-base. This just reflected what we did with our economic action plan. When we put out the plan it was very early days, so we put in indicative numbers and it was noted in our Treasury Board submission that we may need to m

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I'm afraid I cannot make commitments on behalf of my colleagues in Library and Archives Canada. I'm not aware of these plans, but I would submit that the question would best be directed to the national archivist.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. There are a number of aspects to what you just asked. We are always conscious of the 75:25 ratio, and we work to manage that very carefully. Any growth on one side must be balanced with the other, and we are working to catch up on the Gatineau side.

Government Operations committee  Perhaps I can respond to your question from the perspective of the real property branch. Through the economic action plan funding that is addressed in this, and the initial budget from 2009, PWGSC itself has undertaken in excess of 1,400 projects. These are in the buildings tha

Government Operations committee  Certainly. This reflects the fact that, as we were discussing earlier, seven assets were sold, were moved to the private sector, and then moved into a lease situation for the crown. This funding had previously been in our national investment strategy, i.e., our capital vote, beca

Government Operations committee  They are seven assets across the country, including the Harry Hays Building, the Thomas D'Arcy McGee Building.... I can provide the committee with an exact list of those seven buildings.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  That should not be a problem for us to pull together. I should be able to have that in a couple of weeks for you, to have that complete information. We used two sets of consultants for us, third-party advisers, in terms of investments and assessment of the deal, so we have that

Government Operations committee  Certainly.

Government Operations committee  Two weeks.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. This is an archive storage facility, and the transfer of the funding from PWGSC to Library and Archives Canada is to put the funding appropriately with the custodial department. It will be a transfer from our reference level to them. The reason that's

Government Operations committee  I must admit, I am not familiar with phase two or the attributes that you described for Library and Archives Canada, and I would ask that Mr. Caron respond to those questions. What we're proposing in these estimates, if approved, would be to transfer that funding for them for us