Government Operations committee  DND would be adjusting the program requirements based on what it needs. The Nanisivik facility, which, you're correct, we're building, is a relatively small facility. It had already been reduced in scope to be essentially a refuelling facility and an upgrade to the existing jetty

Government Operations committee  A jetty is a dock.

Government Operations committee  Only if our client partner asked us to postpone.... At this point, the design phases are still proceeding, so the design can still be made ready, but the construction phase will be based on their best estimate of timing.

Government Operations committee  The larger project, the west coast one, is not yet awarded for construction. The Atlantic one is going ahead just now with construction, so the construction phase is ready to proceed.

Government Operations committee  One of the nice things is that the new requirements for these jetties have them as multi-platform jetties. In the old days, they would build a jetty specifically for one type of vessel. The new jetty designs will take multiple platforms, so they can be used for existing and new s

Government Operations committee  I'll let Mélinda Nycholat come in as well, because procurement achieves the security requirements for a project that National Defence dictates. One of the things we require from our clients is a clear statement on the security requirements. We put into effect, through the contrac

Government Operations committee  It's a great question. I have mentioned a few times that our job is to step in when our client partner has the funding approval from Treasury Board to proceed with a project. That decision would have been one that, coincidentally, our minister, because we're under the same minist

Government Operations committee  For a project like that, typically it's at least three years in the planning and making before it comes in, but PPP Canada does the screen. They are also an independent crown corporation. They are applying a comprehensive key screen for these projects that would respond to govern

Government Operations committee  Absolutely. Mélinda Nycholat is our lead on it. The minister's announcement a week ago Tuesday was on the successful award of the.... So that's the completion of the procurement phase and award, on time and on budget. I can tell you that absolutely, and it is being delivered as

Government Operations committee  It's a public-private partnership in the formal sense. In this case, there's a major risk transferred to the private sector, because they actually provide not only the financing, but, really, they own the facility. What they're committing to is a performance-measured operations a

Government Operations committee  We're spending roughly $1 billion. It was $950 million last year and we have the national defence....

Government Operations committee  I think I said 150 approximately. It depends on—

Government Operations committee  It will be responsive to how the program grows, Mr. Blaney, so it could even be 200.

Government Operations committee  As of today we have roughly 875 employees, so we have already grown from where we reported at the end of the last fiscal year, but we will go to 900 this year.

Government Operations committee  It's more the latter. It's news. I can tell you that our minister has the authority to ask us to do additional projects. That's why, for example, we're doing the Shared Services Canada data centre. They're not part of National Defence. We stand ready to support special infrastruc