Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Hello, I'm Rob Wright and I am the deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, or PSPC, and I'm responsible for the restoration and modernization of the Parliamentary Precinct. Today, I have with me Ms. Jennifer Garrett, Director General o

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a difficult question to answer, I would say, but we could do some follow-up work on that. As far as the other question on cost is concerned, the requirements have not been developed. We're still at the concept stage. As the minister indicated, we're supporting the Minister

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That was the initial intent of that project, to work in partnership to redevelop that as a national—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  At this point, it remains a Government of Canada facility, and the approach would be for the Government of Canada to be redeveloping that in partnership. As for those specific answers, I wouldn't say that we're at the point of how, once that concept is in place, the facility wo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There are two elements that I can add to the minister's response. One is on GHG emissions. We had a specific target of a reduction of 40% compared to the 2005-06 baseline. In the past year, we've achieved a 56% reduction ahead of schedule. That's one element. We have another spe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that's perfect, Minister. As the minister indicated in her opening remarks, engagement with parliamentarians is the critical foundation to ensuring that the Centre Block meets their needs. We are completely open in wanting to have that engagement to understand how the f

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. As the minister said, we have a very solid record when it comes to on-time delivery. In answer to your question, those were initial budgets.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Those were Treasury Board budgets, and we stuck to them.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That was a really good overview, Minister. I'll just add a couple of pieces of colour commentary. We are, I think, doing a really good job here in the precinct, and we're reaching further, as the minister indicated, with the Centre Block, for it to be a symbol of sustainability.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can't speak specifically to the 1996.... I don't have it with me. I can say that in the studies that we've been undertaking—which would have leveraged that, I'm quite sure—it still bumps around by a few, but 429 is the maximum that we've been able to fit into the space. It woul

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for that very important question. When it was built, the Centre Block, if you may know, was essentially very much a blank canvas, and the story of Canada has been filled in over the past century. There still are spaces for the story of Canada to continue being told in t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. With all of the projects that we've completed, sustainability has been a critical objective. From the baseline of 2005, we've reduced GHG emissions by 56% to 2018. That's a little ahead of our target. I think the target for that timeline was 40% by a decade ahead of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll address the three options at a very high level, before passing this to Ms. Garrett for some greater detail. In the smaller option, first, security is there, plus back-of-House functionality. The medium-size one, on top of security, adds the library program and the visitor

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm going to talk at a high level to a certain extent. First, there's a layered approach. Every building sits within a broader security perspective. Over the past number of years, efforts have been made to create greater security around the movement of vehicles, for example. T

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You're quite right. That program was cancelled. We had some conversations with Algonquin College at the time. I think it that was really around the financial considerations of running a college, rather than of the masonry industry.