Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It's been a long day. I'm getting ahead of myself a little bit. On page 14, the $75,000 that's going to be provided for costs associated with a short-term lease renewal at the Lahm Ridge Tower. I'm just wondering if the Minister can explain at all why the base rental rate is going from $181.91 a square metre to $226.13 a square metre. Doesn't the Department of Public Works and Services know when leases are coming up and coming due, and isn't there any proactive type of activity that takes place in that department that they would know when a lease like this was coming up and try to get a rate and go forward from there, or put it out to tender or something? Why is this $75,000 here today, Mr. Chairman, when the department should be proactive in trying to identify leases and take care of issues like this so that we don't get short-term lease renewals like this in front of us? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
David Ramsay on Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 26th, 2005
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