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Government Operations committee  Chair, we've called for, and I will continue to call until the end of my mandate...I think there need to be longer fiscal projections. We see the Parliament buildings, but there are also a number of other challenges facing government fiscal pressures that are going to come. Alm

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  Chair, I will just briefly remark that we note in the report examples from England, Australia, and the U.S., where in all cases the responsibility and accountability for their legislative buildings have been given back to their legislature. There have been studies in the past o

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  I would say just probably because of the amounts of money involved and--

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  Yes, it would be an issue of amount, and if this body or intendant or whatever decided they needed a billion dollars per year, will that work in the fiscal framework of the government?

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  Well, I wouldn't even say it's being....

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  One of the problems was that it wasn't being spent.

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  The projects would be designed, but the funding was never given to do the projects. I think that's one of the major reasons for delays through all those years: the funding was just not made available to be able to carry out the projects. In approving of a plan, be it a five-year

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  That's right. It's done elsewhere.

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  I wish I'd brought it, Chair, but we did do an audit of the management of official residences in probably 2006 or 2007. I can certainly provide a copy to the committee, if you're interested. They fall under the National Capital Commission and Public Works. We found that actuall

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  First of all, I would think that if an organization like that were established, it would be an officer or agent of Parliament. Ahead of that, there would have to be questions around how the appointment process is made, the qualifications, how that office would be established, who

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  No, it is not doing very well.

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser

Government Operations committee  I suppose that the engineers could better answer that question. There is no doubt that “critical” means that there is a very high risk that a system does not work. By 2013, there is quasi-certainty that it will not be working any more.

February 3rd, 2011Committee meeting

Sheila Fraser