Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's really nice to be here with all of you today and to have the presentation. I have a couple of really quick questions. I have five minutes, so I'll move quickly. How many contractors are part of the parliamentary precinct rebuild?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll slow down my line of questioning. Can we restart?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, it's a real pleasure to see all of you here today. How many contractors are involved in the rebuild of the parliamentary precinct?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. That answers my question. The second question I have is this. Given that there hasn't been a report done by the Auditor General since 2010, and we're talking about a very large sum of public money, can you explain to this committee what processes are in place to ensur

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Answer very briefly, please.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm from British Columbia. Parliament is very far away for many of the people I represent. A few years ago, when I was a staffer, my sister came to Ottawa to visit for the first time. She walked up to the front of the parliamentary precinct and said, “Brad, why is there a unico

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I might not.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. My sister is going to be very pleased.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. Maybe you could also report back to the committee on how contractors in British Columbia can access the calls for proposals for contracts that will be coming forward. These are really lucrative jobs and I know some of them can be done remotely, especially on the engineerin

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to Mr. Robert and Mr. Dufresne for being here today. I have two specific questions. The first is in line with some of the previous questions about the spirit and application of the code. Mr. Robert, you mentioned earlier that we're increment

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Dufresne, through you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the spirit of my question again is: How does the public perceive us as members of Parliament? That's the basis behind that. I was very interested, Madam Chair, in the opening testimony of Mr. Dufresne when he refe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  On a point of order, Madam Chair, there is major feedback.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. We touched upon this in the last meeting. Addressing the elephant in the room, I'm a parliamentary intern alumnus, and I'm very, very proud of this program. This program gave me and young Canadians across the country one of the biggest legs up we could ev

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Dr. Dance. Thank you for your contributions to this program, and your expertise on Parliament as a workplace as well. Dr. Thomas, you mentioned “limited access” and that the opinion of the conflict of interest commissioner did not achieve its desired gains. Can you p