Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I don't think so. In reality, the PIN is a function in itself that is used, like a cell phone. It is really a matter of using the environment that is there for there to be a transmission between two people who have the same units.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that's what we did for Ms. Block. She called in the evening and it was ready at 8:30 a.m. the next day.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it doesn't go through... In the House of Commons, security management, for BlackBerrys, is done internally. So the entire environment is inside the House of Commons.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, it can't go through the server. There is absolutely nothing recorded.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It applied only to "assistant 1".

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely not, we didn't do that kind of thing.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's always a few days' work. It's a matter of searching, exploring, gathering information. Ordinarily, we do it in two or three or four days.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The narrower the request is, the easier it is. If she wanted us to look further, we would have to adopt a strategy, to look at what we could do.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is in the member's account. So I assume that Ms. Block had access to the document through...

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I didn't ask her.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Each member organizes things as they choose. Some delegate everything to their employees, give them access to everything, while others allow them limited access. It depends on the member, how they manage their office, who they give the keys to and don't give the keys to.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I can't answer that question. I really don't know the answer. I haven't analyzed the data. We replied to a request.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's in the backups I make. However, if you keep your email for an unlimited time, it is always part of your environment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There would be no trace left.