Procedure and House Affairs committee  Will that be in a timely fashion? Will they be appointed one at a time, or as a lump appointment? How would that work?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Going forward, what is the relationship between you and the commissioner, given the sensitivity around election debates? There has to be a reporting mechanism, so there is something. I assume you're respecting independence. How is that going to work?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. Minister, thank you very much for being here. Starting on a positive, let me just say how impressed I am that not once in the entire term since you've been a minister have you played games, jerked us around, or dodged any invitation to come here, no matter how difficult the subject.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The whole neighbourhood is great.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm just curious, Mr. Chair, to know if there's a particular reason the minister didn't give us the courtesy of a copy of her remarks, as is customary.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They should have known.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I liked it all, except the end part. You were watering down our role there. I'm not keen on that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I might change gears, I have some questions too about PPS, which won't come as a surprise. This is my last kick at the cat. After this, I won't be here when this comes up again. I just want to emphasize that I do hope that Mr. Graham and others grab onto this issue and refuse to let go.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You do a good job of emphasizing that, too, and I've seen you do it internationally.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Touché. Thanks, Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you for being here, Mr. Speaker, as well as the Clerk and everyone else. I'd like to pick up where Mr. Reid was. I know, Mr. Speaker, that you're aware of the reaction to this committee when it came forward, when we had reflected on West Block and felt there was a real absence of individual MPs collectively having a say.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You say that as I'm leaving.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'd like to build on Mr. Reid's idea. Again, it stems from Mr. Simms' comments at our previous meeting about Centre Block and that whole second chamber idea. That has to start somewhere. Right now it's in the past. We refer to discussions we had about it and the interest that some of us had in seeing that as a welcome addition, possibly, to our current parliamentary process.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.