Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to ask two questions about real property. They may be related.
With regard to your plan to sell buildings, you told us in your speech—and it was said previously—that these buildings had not been very well maintained, that they are costing us a lot of money and that, consequently, it is better to sell them.
I did not examine it in detail, but I looked at a few pages of your department's 2005-2006 performance report, and I saw that you were building new buildings. You referred in particular to one in Montreal and another in British Columbia. When I look at the cost of all these new office projects, I find it confusing. It is as if you wanted to reduce your real property holdings—which is understandable—and at the same time build new buildings to meet other needs.
Will these buildings also be sold in 10 years? What will be done to maximize the use of public funds?