Government Operations committee  Yes, and also we provide services on behalf of other government departments. If they need a bridge, or a dam, or a building constructed, we will engage the private sector, and we will recover the costs from them for those functions.

Government Operations committee  That's a great question. Thank you. Federal government policy allows for custodian organizations, when they sell a property, to ask the government for access to the proceeds of sale for the reinvestment in their remaining inventory. From December 1, 2010 through to March 31, 2

Government Operations committee  Certainly. PWGSC operates one of the largest real estate holdings in the country. We own or manage in total 7 million square metres of office space. Included in that are 340 buildings, as well as a collection of dams and bridges that are historically part of the department. As a

Government Operations committee  Our mandate in office accommodation is very clear. It is set out in the DPWGS act. Paragraph 6(f) states that the minister shall provide office accommodation. That is a mandated function. In the realm of what we call engineering assets, many of them come historically to the dep

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. The federal contaminated sites program is an initiative that is administered by Environment Canada to assist the federal government in managing and remediating its contaminated sites. Public Works and Government Services Canada is a participant in thi

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. This funding is a requirement expressed as a result of decisions taken by Treasury Board from October 14, 2010, until June 2011, so it reflects decisions that the government has made with regard to programs. In total there are 35 organizations where p

Government Operations committee  Certainly $38 million is considerable, but it does address 35 different organizations and their programs that were approved over the last year. We react to those approvals and what they require in accommodation.

Government Operations committee  Thanks for the question. After the RFI, which I referenced earlier, showed that the Nortel site was capable of meeting our consolidation requirements for DND, we then engaged a third-party engineering firm to assess the condition of the buildings, including their mechanical, ele

Government Operations committee  It's 360 acres of property. It's very large.

Government Operations committee  We conducted an RFI in the Ottawa-Gatineau market in 2008-09 to look for an opportunity to consolidate National Defence to reduce these 48 locations. They identified as one of eight successful bidders in responding to our RFI. Subsequent to that, and before we were able to pursue

Government Operations committee  I can't speak to the details of those loans.

Government Operations committee  What we look at is the portfolio view of all the requirements for the Department of National Defence. Of the 48 locations, 47 of them are held by Public Works and Government Services Canada. We are working now with National Defence to create a migration plan, which will be moving

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question and the interest in the portfolio. I can't speak to those previous loans or what was outstanding in that regard. We were invited—

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I could add some information.

Government Operations committee  Those are ostensibly generic offices that are located across the country. I don't have the information you're asking for, but I have been associated with them in the past, in work that I've done. They're located in Halifax, in Edmonton, etc. We can get the specifics you're aski