Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would mention two elements on that. We work on a daily basis with the administration of the House, the Senate, the Library and the Parliamentary Protective Service. I would say there's a really healthy back-and-forth, in which there is challenge function every single day. We s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. In fact, we're talking about green grass being maintained, sir. The visitor welcome centre will be built into the landscape—subterranean—much like phase one of the visitor welcome centre. There are different options for the visitor welcome centre, but there are optio

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The budget is really important, of course. Before we start construction as such, we will have to have a tight budget and deadlines. From then on, it will be up to us to meet that budget and those deadlines. We're at a point right now of being in an iterative piece of back and f

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think you underline a really important decision point, of which there are many. The House of Commons chamber is critically important for a number of reasons. Maybe I can underline three. One, for all of the projects we undertake within the parliamentary precinct, there is a te

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that is potentially in a little bit of flux in the Senate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I've been here working on this for over 15 years, and it pre-existed.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There has been fairly active engagement with the Senate on the ongoing work. The Senate has revitalized the parliamentary precinct over a number of years.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There is a bit of a combination between the Senate administration appearing without Public Services and Procurement Canada. We are called to some of those meetings. Over the past 10 years or so, I have attended probably in excess of 20 meetings of the Board of Internal Economy an

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I couldn't—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Traditionally, the committee on internal economy and and administration has been broadcast, but the subcommittee is in camera.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's been grosso modo quite similar: the core requirements; the number of committee rooms; where parliamentary offices would be; the requirements for a chamber, for example; the galleries for a chamber; security; and the range of elements we discussed in our presentation a week a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's hard for me to speak to the dynamics between the Senate administration and senators, but there has been an active engagement over the years on the ongoing work in the precinct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would say—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We work within a governance framework in which there are two independent Houses of Parliament, and we do our best to serve you equally.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a good question. I wouldn't be able to respond to that today.