Procedure and House Affairs committee  The hot room.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, there is space. We just aren't necessarily calling it the hot room, but if you will, there is space for them there, and they have additional space in the National Press Building because the West Block space is not as large as their current space.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. There's a separate space for them within West Block.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We consulted through the press gallery at the time. Currently Collin Lafrance is our contact who represents the press gallery. He works with us to determine requirements.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, for the West Block, our consultation was through the Board of Internal Economy but at a very high level. We've learned that this probably is not the best way to go. That's why we're here engaging with you and we're hearing what you're asking for. We're trying to change tha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I apologize for the misuse of words. I certainly didn't intend any disrespect in the use of feedback. The words should actually be “gaining your requirements”. Essentially we are looking at a consultative process. We don't have it fully ironed out now, because it's related to th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Essentially, when we say we're at 50% functional program, that's really the base requirements. What we've done to establish that is that we looked at the existing standards that we fitted up in the buildings for members and some of the service groups, so that's like a baseline. W

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As part of the West Block there is no direct loading dock, so the temporary loading dock is being built there in the meantime.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, we have just begun to study parliamentarians' needs. It happens quite frequently with a project of this scope that this is done in parallel. It is also typical to begin by emptying the building and removing all of the infrastructure while doing research on the needs of parlia

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Typically we work with the whip's office for space allocation based on the policy that was approved at the board.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For the space allocation...?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Board of Internal Economy is our highest level of approval.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. When we come to the end of a key milestone, we go to the Board of Internal Economy with a higher-level overview. The staff work on a lot of the detail. We'll share that up to various levels of authority. Sometimes it's the Clerk or sometimes the Speaker, depending on how mu