Procedure and House Affairs committee  That would be helpful. Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Speaker and all of your guests. Just to follow up very quickly on Ms. Kusie's questions to Mr. Robert, I think her specific question was this. Is there an attempt or will there be an attempt to engage PROC in the process that you just described to u

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I understand.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I see. I think for committee members' benefit, it's that point of engagement we're interested in. No one's questioning the validity of what you're suggesting. To you, Speaker, since 2016, the PPS budget has grown from approximately $62 million to this year, when the request is $

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's approximately a 50% increase from when we first unified the protective services on the Hill. Is that correct?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Chief Superintendent MacLatchy, last time we spoke was at this place. It's only by coincidence that I'm here again, I assure you. Mr. Christopherson is in lock-up, but he has done nothing illegal. It's just with the Auditor General's report. At least I think he's done nothing il

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The two other groups that are represented by unions have been without a contract since when?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They recently—well not recently—received a labour board ruling to implore the management, in this case, you, to negotiate a contract. Why did they even have to go through that process? This is the concern I had a year ago, and the concern I bring to you now. With the words we us

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In this bill or in...

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Knight or Mr. Sampson, do you want to add anything?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is that right? Is that a practice that we've been keeping?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You have no sense of drama, Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, I have a one o'clock commitment.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is now the appropriate time? I haven't done any of these but there's an amendment I'd like us to consider. It will require unanimous consent, because it goes back. We were working with Elections Canada in a previous iteration to try to figure out language around this. You and I

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I want to ask the officials if what I'm suggesting here is feasible logistically. It makes for extra long days, a longer day.