Information & Ethics committee  Definitely. In fact, one is a piece of legislation and one is a code applied to the different groups.

Information & Ethics committee  I go through the Speaker.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  That's right.

Information & Ethics committee  No, we don't go to Treasury Board. What I'm saying is that in practice, we consult with Treasury Board, but our practice is correctly to go to the Speaker. Then I think it goes over to Treasury Board, but nothing happens there, I don't think.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  No. I've hired two or three people over the course of the past year for six-month periods or something, who I know and trust and who are competent, because there's a lot of very important work that I have to do in this first year to get myself up and running, and I'm not fully st

Information & Ethics committee  That's right.

Information & Ethics committee  There were no law firms.

Information & Ethics committee  Do you mean with respect to my staff?

Information & Ethics committee  I'm hoping to get 100% of them.

Information & Ethics committee  I think it's probably a pretty good guess of what we'll need. In fact, it's possible that in a year or two we'll find that we don't need the full 50. On the other hand, we may find that there's a sudden escalation of inquiries. Each inquiry takes quite a bit of time and effort, a

Information & Ethics committee  Right.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, except I don't think the Senate has had an inquiry in years, if ever, frankly.

Information & Ethics committee  Right.