Procedure and House Affairs committee  We cannot be much clearer than that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. The actual lease includes an annex where you can clearly see the three closed offices that were for the three party workers. They had separate spaces closed off, and the rest of the space was shared. The two collective agreements are quite substantial, as is normally the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Of course there is no Saskatchewan office, but there will be a person working for me in Saskatchewan. If we had to rely on the lone Liberal there, not much would get done, and the Conservatives of course take the place for granted. There are issues like the movement of grain, the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's a great article in iPolitics that summarizes the situation. It's by Elizabeth Thompson, dated April 10, 2013. It has to do with what we thought at the time was a misuse by the Liberals and Bob Rae: a direct attack on Craig Scott, our extraordinary member of Parliament fro

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, that goes back to a recent issue involving Bourassa, when there were allegations that we had sent things out during the writ period. You know you can't do much more than ask Marc Mayrand to look at it. When he wrote back within 24 hours, he said the NDP didn't send it out

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, I also understand that when this change was made on April 8, 2014 it was conclusive proof that it wasn't interdicted prior to that date. So we respected the rules before and the minute this new rule was adopted and this amendment was brought in, we respected that as well.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There was nothing until April 8, 2014, that interdicted it. That's why the rule was brought in, the new rule. The rule changed. The amendment was brought in and interdicted it, and we've respected the new rule ever since.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I'm not sure I caught the sense of your question, Mr. Woodworth. Would you like to try again?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was boilerplate, based on provinces where we did have members. It was a mistake and it was corrected right away.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, would that it were possible for us to create members of Parliament based on an ad, but that's not the way it works. So, yes, we did make a mistake—I hate to admit we made a mistake—and we corrected it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You can have my commitment that we will go into Saskatchewan and we'll be the only political party listening to people, and when we win a majority of seats in Saskatchewan in the next election, it will be thanks to that, Mr. Woodworth.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're telling you that prior to April 8, 2014, there was nothing that interdicted that. In all of our correspondence—we have dozens and dozens of letters and emails with the House administration—it was made clear that they were working in Montreal. They're allowed to work in Mont

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There was nothing wrong with it until April 8, 2014, Mr. Woodworth.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Woodworth, there was nothing interdicting that prior to April 8, 2014.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We didn't tell them because we didn't have to. There was nothing forbidding it. They could work wherever they wanted. On April 8, 2014, the rule changed.