Procedure and House Affairs committee  The communications people working for some federal department or agency, including the RCMP, wouldn't understand why this might be important and why this is seen as a problem by Parliament. If I understand this correctly, what was released was as if the legislation had been pas

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is “proposed”. This is...

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As my friend Mr. Simms pointed out, this sticks on both the timeliness and non-partisan nature of the communications. I would also raise a similar bill where we have departments, in that case, Elections Canada, already acting as if legislation had passed in order to prepare. You

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We guard this jealously. This idea that Parliament is just an afterthought.... Sometimes in majority governments it can be perceived as, “Oh, that legislation is proposed by government. They have a majority. It's going to be law.” That eliminates all of the due process we are sup

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From within the RCMP that you're aware of...?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, by “ratcheted up”, do you mean it's going to a higher level before it's signed off?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Thank you, Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. I come at this conversation, not unlike other conversations, with a healthy dose of ignorance of the topic. This question of privilege is where we're at. I assume that's not part of the training across departments. We were just talking about it with the secur

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It is not unusual for an employer, even an employer of protective services, to deal with more than one union in a negotiation. I don't know why the House has been dragging its feet because of this question. I know, someone—the Speaker, maybe, or maybe it was you—said that you'd p

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's a good thing. You've triggered me, Mr. Speaker. There were mandatory overtimes last time we spoke. Have those been eliminated? Are there still mandatory overtime shifts that PPS are covering?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What are we at now? We had some very bad scenarios in which people were working 70- or 80-hour weeks, which is not good for anybody, and certainly not for them. “Considerably reduced”—what does that mean?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Can I just clarify that, Chair? Is it a reduction in overtime expenses by 10% to 15%?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. I'm not sure if I had that question answered. When you say “rare”.... Those are interpretative terms. I don't know how to quantify it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is that a fair request, for those numbers to be provided to us?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The previous number and the current...?