Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The bulk of the items in personnel are obviously for salaries and for the statutory costs for EBP. The main item in the submission for supplementary estimates (B) is the carry-forward. We do an allocation of that line across different standard objects. It's just a temporary allocation that we make across the standard object lines, and the bulk of that pertains to the carry-forward that members and House officers have.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Since June, yes. On the corporate side, since June.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When we did the strategic review, our budgeted savings were estimated to be about $5.5 million on flight passes with the introduction of corporate flight passes. Another factor that we're noticing is that there are fewer travel points that are being used. Last year and so far this year, the trend is about a 10% drop in usage of travel points.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, everything with respect to the bylaws points to the members being entrusted with a personal budget. Therefore, the liability with respect to House resources would be individual and personal. It wouldn't be collective. I can't speak for the crown corporation. I can't speak for the Department of Transport.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I can confirm that we acted based on the information we had. In answer to the question from the member, if we don't have the information or we've not been made aware of any other mailings, then we haven't been able to act or make a recommendation to the board based on mailings that we're not aware of.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, what I can answer to this is that we dealt similarly to the answers that I provided in the past about the board investigating the complaints it receives. With respect to this particular issue, we dealt with the information we had, and we got all the information that we needed with respect to this particular issue.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, I can tell you, having been at a number of board meetings since my appointment here at the House in 2011, that every request for investigation that has gone to the board has been dealt with or is in the process of being dealt with. The board does those on a regular basis.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, Mr. Chair, I can clarify that if a complaint is received at the board, it is investigated. The House administration, after consulting with the various service areas, prepares an analysis and a report to the board, and then the board deals with that report. Again, for clarity, Mr.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, all householders and ten percenters are prepared by the House. I think what the member is talking about is other types of things that might be printed, but householders and ten percenters are produced strictly by the House, and therefore, the bylaws are applied. They are reviewed by printing and mailing services prior to publishing, and if there is an area that's grey, then there's a conversation with the member about possibly altering their ten percenter or their householder to make it compliant.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's correct. Printing and mailing services would prepare material at the request of members, subject to the entitlements, the paper allowances that members have to respect, but they would also ensure compliance with the bylaws.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. On the question of outside printers, which I think the member was speaking to, there is a prohibition on asking the House to reimburse for any printing done by an outside printer for over 4,500 copies. As members know, that is clearly laid out in the Members’ Allowances and Services Manual.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In terms of reimbursement, yes, Mr. Lukiwski.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, I would agree, Mr. Lukiwski.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If we look at section 20 of the bylaws as well, it is the only place where we have a specific timeline in place. It says: If a Member is 90 days or more in arrears in an amount owed to the House of Commons, the Chief Financial Officer —which would be me, in this particular case— may deduct the amount in arrears from any amount to be paid to the member other than a payment made under the Parliament of Canada Act for sections 55 and 62, which are basically the sessional allowance provisions of the act.