Government Operations committee  I'd say several hundred.

Government Operations committee  Do you mean, by Public Works?

Government Operations committee  I have no idea.

Government Operations committee  One million square feet total.

Government Operations committee  I can estimate that, yes.

Government Operations committee  I don't know. In my mind, the reason might have been that I was the only bidder for 22 Eddy Street. Perhaps the amount of the bid was too high. Why did the government go to a new request for proposals? I think it needed to do so for that building. I don't know.

Government Operations committee  I don't know. The bids were public. The third bid wasn't public. I don't know why. It's a matter that is the responsibility of Public Works and Government Services Canada, not mine.

Government Operations committee  They total approximately one million square feet.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  It will sign a lease for a 25-year period.

Government Operations committee  I knew no one else.

Government Operations committee  I paid out of my own pocket.

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  For those two contracts, we simply met with Denis Charette to discuss the leases; that's all.

Government Operations committee  No, a lease is a contract. We bid. The risk that we run is with the construction.