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Procedure and House Affairs committee If Mr. Maloney is asking me, I would say definitely yes. That's the reason it was put in place and that's why you're supporting it by this exercise.
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee The operating assumption always has to be that the commissioner is acting in good faith. I would assume that he or she would not have prompted the inquiry, that it would have been stimulated from an outside source, and there are obligations that the commissioner must fulfill in o
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee Madam Chair, I think the issue might be better answered or supplemented by a comment by Mr. Dufresne because, in fact, it's a legal question in the main. From my point of view, I would be tempted to say that, from looking at what they do at Westminster, you admit that you have m
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee I think really it's a question of outreach that Parliament perhaps could engage in to explain more clearly the ethical boundaries that guide you. It could more openly explain your role in terms of what you do as a representative of your riding and of your political party, and how
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee It's an interesting question. Thank you for asking it. Madam Chair, I would say, really, the purpose of the code is, in some sense, largely reputational. We put this in place at the insistence, basically, of a public that is increasingly skeptical about the behaviour of parliame
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm here today accompanied by Philippe Dufresne, law clerk and parliamentary counsel, to contribute to your committee's review of the conflict of interest code for members. The House of Commons, as part of its parliamentary privileges, possesses the excl
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Official Languages committee The problem is still headset availability. If they've been sent out to the witnesses, we can insist that they use them. The chair recently said that all members have to wear their headset. It's less of a problem for us now, but it's another story for the witnesses.
February 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Official Languages committee As Mr. Aubé worked on this, he's the one who has the information to properly answer your question.
February 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Official Languages committee It reports to Public Services and Procurement Canada.
February 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Official Languages committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the invitation to address the committee in relation to its study on the “Challenges of the Parliamentary Interpretation Service in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The role of the House Administration in the provision of interpretation se
February 2nd, 2021Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee Yes, I can.
November 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee Not to my knowledge.
November 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee The answer would be none.
November 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee Not per se. We have been careful about how we supervise our expenditures to make sure that we are able to provide the support and services that members need. Mr. Tochor, as you may realize, when we went into “hyper mode”, if you like, or warp speed to bring about the virtual and
November 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Charles Robert
Procedure and House Affairs committee I think it would actually go to Stéphan Aubé.
November 24th, 2020Committee meeting
Charles Robert