Procedure and House Affairs committee  The intent is to agree. We will reword that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Reid is correct. The actual recommendation seems to refer to 125, but in the text it says, “Elections Canada would need to be able to retain these individuals for up to 175 days of work per election.” If there was a typographical error, it may have occurred in the report. We will double-check that and bring it back to the next meeting.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  She is the assistant chief electoral officer. She has been appointed by Mr. Kingsley to that position. I'm sorry; she is the deputy chief electoral officer. The office of assistant chief electoral officer is currently not filled. It has not been filled for a number of years. It is filled by the Governor in Council.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My recollection is that he was appointed by the Mulroney government in the late 1980s, I believe, and I believe he has a few more years before he reaches mandatory retirement.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That has been in the act for many years. As Monsieur Simard said, you cannot remove the Chief Electoral Officer without a resolution of both chambers, like any other officer of Parliament. One chamber alone cannot remove any officer of Parliament. The reason they have given this power to the Senate in this case, even though the Senate is not involved in the appointment, is presumably for protection—to ensure that as Monsieur Simard said, the House by majority did not decide to remove a Chief Electoral Officer without some check from the Senate, which is presumably more objective in such matters.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The Auditor General has a term of 10 years. For the privacy, access, and official languages commissioners, we were trying to figure out if their term is five or seven years, but it's certainly one of those two. For the ethics commissioners, one term is for five and the other for seven.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. My recollection of the Canada Elections Act is that his reports are presented to the Speaker for tabling in the House, because they involve the election of members of the House.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The appointment of all officers of Parliament except the Chief Electoral Officer and the Auditor General require that the nomination be ratified by both Houses. The Auditor General at present does not require a motion of either House. I believe Bill C-2, among other things, will make the procedures consistent for the other positions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In this case he is putting this forward as a proposal that has come from the Senate. I don't think he is actually taking a position as to whether it should be done or not. He is bringing it forward for the consideration of parliamentarians.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Off the top of my head, I assume every other officer of Parliament, when he or she tables a report, which is how they communicate, table it with the Speakers or through the Speakers of both chambers.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is partly, though, because the Ethics Commissioner is also responsible for the Prime Minister's Conflict of Interest and Post-Employment Code for ministers. He is responsible for the Prime Minister's code, that is, for ministers, parliamentary secretaries, and public office holders, as well as for the House of Commons code.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have a summary of the changes that have been recommended by Mr. Kingsley. We have a background paper on the Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act, which Mr. Proulx, Mr. Godin, and Mr. Guimond have all indicated should be addressed at some point in the near future. We will also circulate the report from this committee from the last Parliament.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We will circulate that report this afternoon. That was a report on the process for reforming--reviewing--the electoral system, primarily the question of whether Canada should look at a proportional representation type of system and the process for making that kind of change. This particular proposal of the chair was to look at the legislative changes for the Canada Elections Act that have been recommended by Mr.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There are two rooms in this building that are set up for televising by the House of Commons and provided to CPAC, which broadcasts them. They're are also provided to members of the parliamentary press gallery. In 2000, the predecessor of this committee set up guidelines for the electronic media and the members of the parliamentary press gallery to give notice to film other public meetings.