Procedure and House Affairs committee  With that one, again her staff had organized something. It was awful. They had the whole heritage community in Winnipeg being invited to a thing. She had been invited to go to this house and hadn't been told who had been invited. That was her riding association that did that, so

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, you know, it's a standard amount that's used. You may or may not have noticed in the code that we have the gift reporting, for example, down from $500 to $200. It seems to be a standard amount that's quite broadly accepted.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would check the lobbying registry. The group that I look after is a lot broader than lobbying. They are all stakeholders. You don't have to be lobbyists to be caught by these kinds of rules. I would just do what I could to find out. I use whatever is available. The people who r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, and I wouldn't have access in some cases. I wouldn't be able to find a way of finding out. It would be a standard tool that we would use.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I go on as usual.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We probably would. There may be some parts of it that don't belong in an act like mine, but there are certainly significant sections in there that could go into my act. I was delighted to see that guide. It came out as a result of one of my reports, I think, in which I said ther

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it's useful.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think none of those reports fit within section 16, so all three of them were found not to have contravened. With respect to the questions that were raised, the staff had done some things in one of them that the minister didn't know about, so she wasn't personally involved and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it had to do with fundraising.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  All three of those had to do with fundraising. In another one, it was alleged that somebody had been given by Rogers the use of its facilities to have a party but, in fact, they had paid the normal going price. Quite often, when you look into these investigations, you find there

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a traditional problem, because the ministers have two roles.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Under my legislation, I have to look at the distinction sometimes as to whether they're acting as a member or as a minister. That makes a difference in some of the decisions I have to make.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It all comes down to the facts that you're faced with in a particular situation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Eighteen is quite a common cut-off. I think that's as good a cut-off as any.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When I said 20, I was probably overspeaking the amount. More often, we'd get letters that weren't actual complaints; they were just griping. That was more common than an actual request of any kind. We either get requests to investigate something, or if there's nothing to investig