Procedure and House Affairs committee  This program was put in place in partnership with the PPS, and also PSPC. It's in relation to the renovation of the buildings and the need to repair things in the facilities in the buildings. It is done under the responsibility of PSPC. A third party firm was hired, essentially

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's right. The contractors will maintain the same program we had before. PPS members will escort the contractors into an MP's office and remain there while the repair is being done.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In relation to the House of Commons resource requirements, it is the intention, other than the carry-forward that comes as a matter of course, not to come for supplementary estimates. We feel that the budget that's been approved by the board will be sufficient for us to carry for

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Not from a House of Commons perspective, as the Speaker has mentioned. It would be more deferred costs as opposed to the expenditure. It would not occur related to the move, it would happen a bit later.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I could say that there's no negative impact in terms of the so-called delay and the fact that we're moving and transitioning to the interim chamber in January. Everything has been accounted for and budgeted in the main estimates that you have for this fiscal year.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would be reluctant to comment on what's going on in the other place.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The answer is that the technology would be there, should the House decide to use it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I intend to do a short presentation in order to maximize the exchange with the committee. I'm pleased to be joining you today to present the governance model approved by the Board of Internal Economy. My goal is to ensure the o

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The board talked about this committee quite a bit during that discussion and obviously welcomes any involvement this committee may want to have in the project, and recognizes—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. I think those MPs are going to be more involved than that. Obviously, we will consult and meet with them on a regular basis. One of the first asks, I would suggest, given the discussion we had at the board, as members suggested, is that this group come up with proposed guid

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Ten years has often been mentioned, but I would suggest that it's premature to determine a number of years until the scoping has been deep enough to understand the state of the building. I find it a very interesting project, but I've learned that in reality we're not sure how the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think anything is possible.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think that option was put on the table. It's not cast in stone right now because there's going to be an evolution over the next 10 years in the needs of Parliament or the House of Commons in that time. We just heard a discussion about the possible creation of a parallel chamb

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The West Block will stay open after Centre Block is renovated. For example, a lot of the offices here are planned to become MP's offices, MP's suites. Every option for the chamber is on the table, but it's been designed so it could be reconstructed to create multiple committee r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a prerogative of the parties.