Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question, Madam Chair. I couldn't agree more. The big and the small things are extremely important. Thank you for raising that. We'll respond to it immediately.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say the devil's in the details. That's very important. As both ministers have indicated, getting this right is extremely important. At the same time, in terms of the prospect of transforming Wellington Street into a pedestrian zone, the timing for that conversation reall

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We'll work hand in hand with the Senate and the House of Commons on determining the requirements for electric charging stations, for example, and then, as part of the long-term vision and plan, develop the strategies to put that in place. That is an important comment, and as far

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will start, but Mr. Patrice might want to add some elements in there. We can come back with that regional breakdown. On the sustainability costs, you're quite right that there are savings. It comes fairly close to cost-neutral when you do all of the math. There's still a co

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll pass it over to Ms. Garrett in a second. There are just a couple of things there, and I'll branch back on the Visitor Welcome Centre to just add a piece to what Mr. Patrice said. The main part of the Visitor Welcome Centre will interconnect with the Parliament Welcome Cent

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is the nub of the issue, if you will. We have great relationships and great partnerships with the Houses of Parliament. With the governance—and this was something that was pointed out previously—there's not an integrated governance body at the political level. There's no inf

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On the issues you've emphasized around finalizing some scope elements for the Centre Block and the Parliament Welcome Centre concerning the Senate on the number of offices, the number of committee rooms and a potential dedicated entry into the Parliament Welcome Centre, those dis

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm happy to do that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much for the question. Of course, discussions have been held about Wellington Street over the past few years. Recently, the tramway project once again raised questions about whether the route would be on Wellington Street. There will be opportunities for those kin

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would be very difficult today to give you an exact number of all the contractors across the whole precinct. There are two really important things. One is the size and scale of this work. On the very, very big projects, we work with some very big firms. Then there's a web of su

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have a quite robust project management regime, with a lot of details. I'll ask Ms. Garrett to add some. What's really important is that we've had a number of firms over the past decade, since that last Auditor General report, come in and do open book accounting audits. Price

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, Madam Chair. Accessibility is at the heart of this restoration and modernization program. We are working with a group of accessibility experts. This is a key element in the design of Centre Block and the Parliament welcome centre and, of course, of ot

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, I'll start and then ask Ms. Garrett to add some details. With regard to capacity, at this point in the industry, given the stage we're at in the project, which is really around the demolition, abatement and excavation work, we've not seen any real issues with capacity. It

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The redevelopment of block two, directly across from the Peace Tower, is going to be a really important step for the parliamentary precinct. It finishes off the parliamentary square, if you will, but it will also really help us to empty, for the House of Commons, the Confederatio