Procedure and House Affairs committee  Basically, if we look at it, we're in the midst right now of preparing the estimates for next year.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was just after the election. They would have gone to the board in late November or early December.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  At this point, we've adjusted the request for the supplementary estimates (B), which are usually done once the fiscal year has started. That's where we've adjusted our request for the carry-forward and reduced it by the amount of the committee and associations, the funding that h

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The estimates have stayed the same at this point because we're looking at a trade-off between some of the savings that we've had and have just talked about—some of the travel savings and savings in materials and supplies from some of the services that were closed during the lockd

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think I'd like to pass this on to Michelle Laframboise, our CHRO.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We ask ourselves this question every day to make sure we have the resources and capacity to serve you. If you look at the additional disbursements we made during the pandemic for equipment, hardware, connectivity and so on, it's just over $3.5 million. These are large amounts, b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's exactly that. Being statutory, they are in the acts themselves and we don't need to review them annually. The cost of living indexes are done for various items that are either for the operating budgets for the members or their sessional allowances in all this, so that we can

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, for sure. We've been looking at our various policies and have gone to the board to adjust and add the flexibility needed for the COVID pandemic situation. I'll be honest that this is new to me today, so I will take this away and we can look at it and come back to the boa

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly. A large part of the $14 million comes from the increase in the cost of living and the cost of living index, which is about $5.5 million. We also had approval to increase our support capacity for members of Parliament. A human resources team was put in place to assist

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A few years ago we purchased a lot of equipment and supplies for the implementation of the long-term vision and and plan project for the West Block and the building at 180 Wellington. This infrastructure has been purchased and is being put in place. There will probably be some st

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, we can.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's basically all of the furniture, the technology, that we have to maintain and go forward. So when we look at the LTVP, it's been going on since about 2001, so it includes the assets for the Valour building, the committee rooms that were in there, it includes 131 and 181 Queen

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, they have been transferred and we have control over them, but now part of the funding we're asking for is that, because it's been over 10 to 15 years for some of these assets, we have to start life cycling them. The technology in the committee rooms in the Valour needs to be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They will be similar in fashion...having that summary level. The look and feel may be evolving because we're evolving the technology we're using. I think we'll be able to have a little easier access on the ourcommons.ca website for the drill-down when we get into the details for

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When we look at even just what we have here in the supplementary estimates (B), which is the big portion, the majority of the amount there is our carry-forward, the 5% over last year, which is basically unspent voted authorities from the previous year that are distributed after t