Government Operations committee  Well, we have an identified requirement now—a continuing requirement—of $1.4 billion over our forecasted assessments. We address that on a year-by-year basis with the appropriations we receive from Parliament. These are requirements we've identified through long-term investigat

Government Operations committee  Seven million square metres.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I'd like to answer it in two fashions: the nature of the funding for our program, and some of the specific initiatives that are addressed in the supplementary estimates. First, I would note that Public Works and Government Services Canada owns 347 bu

Government Operations committee  Regarding accommodation, this is a formula that is used in submissions that go before government. It is based on 13% of salary. So in terms of new programs or continuation of programs that had already been established but may have had a sunset date, 13% of the salary dollars asso

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question, and it is a very good question. As you know, the department is charged with housing the Public Service of Canada. We hold in our inventory in excess of 7.1 million square feet of office space, which we deliver through crown-owned, leased, and lease-p

Government Operations committee  The supplementary estimates, the first number, the $88 million, seek adjustments for expenses that occur this year. They will then be included in next year's base. It is an in-year adjustment. The $14 million that you speak about is a second category, and that is for us to provi

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. Mr. Chair, I am pleased to speak to those elements. The total amount of the funding set aside for this part of the work on the manège militaire is $5 million. The supplementary estimates request the access of $3.6 million of that $5 million. This fis

Government Operations committee  I'll let the officials from SNC Lavalin speak to that amount. In response to your question about the pot lights, as you get into the details of the work orders, in one case, for example, a step-down transformer from 220 volts to 110 volts was required. Fifty feet of line had to

Government Operations committee  I'm saying it's in various different parts of those invoices. We could get into the details.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, when the contracts were put in place, the department identified 700 full-time employees who were associated with conducting this work. As part of the move of this to the private sector, 470 employees were transferred to the private sector. So the department was able

Government Operations committee  No, they were completely transferred. BLJC, as the first bidder, accepted all those employees and transferred them into their corporation.

Government Operations committee  They're off our payroll. They're no longer a cost to the department or the taxpayer. In addition, there was a reduction of—

Government Operations committee  I know that in many cases, when the contract transferred from BLJC to SNC-Lavalin O&M, they transferred the people because they were in the building and knew the building and the systems, and the BLJC no longer had a requirement for them.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  If all options are exercised and the contract is run out to its full amount, it would be $5.9 billion.