Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not quite familiar with the incident you're referring to, Mr. Christopherson. When there's a major event on the Hill, in the planning we have looked at an alternative to get the buses up toward the—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has. When PPS first started off, people came with the equipment that they had. I meet with the president of the association as well as with the president of PSAC on a monthly basis, and the issues are addressed. Mind you, if you have to change an order of dress for 400 people

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There hasn't been a hiring freeze. We actually have a course going on right now, and there's another course prepared for July.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's an overall review being done of all the operational posture we have right now to determine the best way forward for the resources and for the recruiting of additional resources. To give you an example, for the recruit program that's scheduled to take place in July, I th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As it stands, right now they're separate. We're respecting both collective bargaining agreements until we come to an understanding on the way forward. We did submit a proposal to the board in November to go to one single bargaining agreement. We're still waiting for the way forwa

Procedure and House Affairs committee  All of them are briefed as they enter into PPS. We're putting the final touches on a little pamphlet the members can keep as a gentle reminder of what parliamentary privilege is. When there is a visit on the Hill, we'll make sure that our members are briefed and reminded of parli

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's the discussion I'll have with the Speaker. As I said, the budget of $62 million that was presented was the budget that existed previously at the House of Commons, the Senate, and the RCMP. It was just brought together. There is a caveat there: there is also service that t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That will be part of our ongoing reviews.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. The review for that portion hasn't even started yet.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, exactly, in that $2.4 million.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not going to say when the uniforms are supposed to come in but we're hoping they are in by April. We're hoping that by September 2016 most of the PPS team, other than the executive and the officer cadre, will move in to our new location. And as I was mentioning earlier with r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Basically, when PPS was created, the RCMP had their own little intelligence unit, the House of Commons protective security had their own, and the Senate had their own. What we did is we just brought all three people together and created an intelligence unit. It has more to do wit

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If it's worthwhile sharing with everyone because it has an impact for the Hill itself, we'll make sure that everybody gets it. We've done it in the past through an email, in briefings that went on. That's normally how we share it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. It's important to note that PPS doesn't have an investigative mandate. It's strictly protection of the grounds and the precinct. We don't get involved in an investigation. We'll act as a conduit, if you wish, with regard to whatever pops up, but we do not investigate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll come back to what Pat mentioned, that a liaison is done with the local police. Let's say there's a threat on an individual, on a member of Parliament. We'll ensure, through the intelligence unit, that the information is shared. As Pat mentioned, with regard to the red flag,