Library of Parliament committee  Thank you. Madam Joint Chair, members of the joint committee, I am pleased to be here, not just as a law clerk and parliamentary counsel for the House of Commons, but also as the inclusion and diversity champion at the House Administration. I look forward to answering your quest

Library of Parliament committee  It does happen. There are human rights complaints filed from time to time, and they are dealt with. They are responded to. The human rights process works in such a way that, at the initial stages, there's an attempt to resolve the matter. Those steps are taken. We have not had a

Library of Parliament committee  What we want to do is avoid a situation where someone would file a complaint saying that it is not accessible enough and that they would be able to show that we haven't done enough as an institution. In those types of situations, the processes will look at what the institution d

Library of Parliament committee  I would say that measures have been taken to make documents that committees post on the Internet more accessible. We've also let people know that the documents will be made available and that any problems with accessibility have to be reported to the clerks immediately. That way

Library of Parliament committee  Well, I think that we are looking to prevent complaints.

Library of Parliament committee  Well, I think that we—

Library of Parliament committee  All I can say is that so far we've been flagging those concerns in terms of accessibility, ensuring that we explore all the solutions to comply with those principles. If a decision is made to move forward, I suppose the House administration will manage that risk in that situation

Library of Parliament committee  We're here before this committee.

Library of Parliament committee  I think that if there's a resolution from this committee, we would consider the impact and the next steps.

Library of Parliament committee  The only thing I would want to suggest on the issue of reporting and to the earlier question about a motion of this committee being implemented by the House of Commons administration, I would flag the possibility that the report could be made to the House, and the House make a de

Library of Parliament committee  In the context of a human rights complaint, the Canadian Human Rights Act provides the right to full participation in Canadian society. If there is a complaint filed, it is looked at, responded to, and we try to resolve it. If it's a complaint where we would clearly have not met

Library of Parliament committee  I think being accessible to people working here is a possibility. The issues can come up in that context, but the vulnerability is greater if you make it available to the general public. Perhaps there are things we're able to do internally more quickly. It's a case-by-case situa

Library of Parliament committee  My role on this file is as the law clerk to the House of Commons, providing legal advice and support to the House administration that is managing the implementation of these measures.

Library of Parliament committee  I would have to get back to the committee.

Library of Parliament committee  I would hesitate to give a number but we're not talking about hundreds. I think it's more in the nature.... It depends on what you're talking about in terms of human rights complaints, as well.