Evidence of meeting #4 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was million.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Yes, 78%. It's 73% for individual ten percenters and 5% for regrouped.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Simple math, as our colleague Mr. Poilievre would say.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Through the chair: simple math, as our colleague Poilievre would say.
So it would be that 78% of the $10.5 million is a direct cost for ten percenters.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Thank you.
Now, are you able to break that number down by party?
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Can you provide us with that information now? The numbers that you have to date...?
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Liberal
Peter Milliken Liberal Kingston and the Islands, ON
We don't normally do that. We can if the committee wants it.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Please. I've just requested it, so I'd like you to do that. It's pertinent.
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Chief Information Officer, House of Commons
I will give it in percentages, in terms of volumes.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
So will you give us percentages for the individual ten percenters by party?
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Chief Information Officer, House of Commons
The regroups are very standard. Every party is allowed one regroup per month. That number is very stable in terms of volumes and contributions. There's no issue there, really. It's almost the same for every party.
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Liberal
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Chief Information Officer, House of Commons
In terms of individual, the Liberals represent 13%, the Bloc represents 7%, the NDP 11%, and the Conservatives 69%.
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Liberal
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Thank you.
Would it be possible for you to....? I know it will represent a little bit of work, but I think it would be interesting to see the change that has occurred with the use of ten percenters over the last, say, 10 years. Is that possible?
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Chief Information Officer, House of Commons
I can answer this partially for you today. The big deviation really started in 2007-08. This is where there was a departure from what we call our base budget.
We saw in 2006-07 some light increase in ten percenters, from maybe 100 million to 172 million. But in 2007-08 and in 2008-09, there was a major increase. We went from, again, 100 million to 172 million, and then in 2009 to 229 million. This year we will be forecasting 402 million ten percenters.
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A voice
Printed.
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Clerk of the House of Commons, House of Commons
With regard to the number, the 402 million, that's single sheets, not dollars.
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Chief Information Officer, House of Commons
Yes.
When I say impression, in the printing world it's one page. The ten percenter is a two-page document, printed on both sides of one page.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joe Preston
All right.
There'll be another round, if you'd like to get some more questions in.
Mr. Hoback.