Mr. Chair, I am the kind of person who checks. We have looked at the entire matter in detail on several occasions in the past few weeks.
I am going to cite one of the most important rules. It is useful to refer to it in response to my colleague's question. I am going to do it in his language so that he misses nothing.
This is straight from the Members By-Law of the Parliament of Canada Act:
duties and activities that relate to the position of Member, wherever performed and whether or not performed in a partisan manner, namely, participation in activities relating to the proceedings and work of the House of Commons and activities undertaken in representing his or her constituency—