Bernard Trottier at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On April 1st, 2014. See this statement in context.

April 1st, 2014 / 9 a.m.

Conservative

Bernard Trottier Conservative Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you for coming today to present the main estimates for 2014-15.

In your presentation, Madame Doucet, you mentioned that the PCO provides professional, non-partisan advice and support on the entire spectrum of government policy, legislative, and administrative priorities. I'm curious to know how that works in practice. Obviously Parliament is a partisan place.

You mentioned that there are 851 people in the PCO, or at least 851 full-time equivalent people. Are all of those people non-partisan? How does that actually work in practice when you're dealing with partisan members of Parliament and their staff?

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