Procedure and House Affairs committee  A vote is held, but not in the Chamber. Once the petition has been tabled, the Chamber does not decide whether a committee will examine it or not, even though that would be possible procedurally speaking. Practically, however, the committee meets and votes on whether it will exam

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm no IT expert, but I had a look at the database of names just last week to refresh my memory before meeting with the committee. The database was provided to the National Assembly. I'm not certain whether the names are from the phone book or other such source. I could get back

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Exactly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right. Unlike what the sponsor of motion M-428 proposed, in Quebec, the petition does not have to have a minimum number of signatures in order to be tabled in the legislature. And that applies to petitions in both paper and electronic form. It would even be possible for a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The individual who initiates the petition and the sponsoring member will notify the secretary general of the period during which they would like the petition to be posted online. The rules set out a minimum time limit of one week—which never happens—and a maximum time limit of th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A second petition cannot be posted online while the first is still posted. The period during which the first petition is posted must have ended before the second petition can be submitted. A petition that is scrupulously identical has occasionally been submitted once the online p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. It is certainly an interesting one. It is a practical decision that falls under the clerk's authority and depends on the nature of the petitions and people reviewing them. They carefully examine the text of the two petitions. If the subject of the s

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Precisely. When a new petition is received, the person in charge has to review it in light of those already posted on the Web site. The person flags any potential problems, and then a decision is made.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When I was getting ready for this meeting, I talked to our IT people and asked them that very question. Unfortunately, I was unable to get an exact number. Because we launched our system in the process of completely overhauling our Web site, as I explained earlier, there was some

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Basically, the bulk of the work was done internally. It's hard to give you an answer because it isn't black and white. We did use consultants for the Web site overhaul, so that's why things are a bit blurry.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The approach you're taking right now is great. I have been following the committee's discussions and have noticed just how carefully you are studying the issue. Practically speaking, when we made the decision in Quebec City to launch an e-petition system, it took staff about six

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, and ladies and gentlemen of the committee. My name is François Arsenault and I am the Director of Parliamentary Proceedings at the National Assembly of Quebec. First of all, I would like to thank the committee for having invited me to appear, and I ho