Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, on April 8, 2014, some one and a half months ago, there was a change of rules and I'll read it to you: ...adopting the following provisional amendment to the Members By-law: Place of work 93.1(1) No employee of a Member or House Officer may have as their reg

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, darn.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'd like to finish my answer, Mr. Chairman.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I did not get to give a complete answer to Mr. Woodworth—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Woodworth, your question was whether or not the employees were working on Saint-Laurent. The answer is that they were initially located on Papineau Street, and then they—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, sir, I am giving you the full answer to your question. They were initially located on Papineau Street, and then they were located on Saint-Laurent Street. It was all approved at every stage by the House of Commons pay and benefits service, as discussed with the House.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Every step of the way, we were in discussion with pay and benefits of the House of Commons, who sent the BlackBerry numbers for the Montreal phones—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They knew that they were working in Montreal, and of course, it was paid—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —out of the budgets that are consented to the leader of the official opposition, which, by the way, have been reduced—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —by the Conservatives by 8%—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —at the same time that the Prime Minister's budgets were being increased by 10%.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure I understand the question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chair, the answer to that question is in the document I submitted today before the meeting started, as you requested in the House yesterday.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You have the answer in the document I submitted, Mr. Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The answer is that it never cost taxpayers a cent to lease that office. It was entirely paid for by the party. Here I have—