Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, for sure. We've been looking at our various policies and have gone to the board to adjust and add the flexibility needed for the COVID pandemic situation. I'll be honest that this is new to me today, so I will take this away and we can look at it and come back to the boa

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's exactly that. Being statutory, they are in the acts themselves and we don't need to review them annually. The cost of living indexes are done for various items that are either for the operating budgets for the members or their sessional allowances in all this, so that we can

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We ask ourselves this question every day to make sure we have the resources and capacity to serve you. If you look at the additional disbursements we made during the pandemic for equipment, hardware, connectivity and so on, it's just over $3.5 million. These are large amounts, b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Basically, if we look at it, we're in the midst right now of preparing the estimates for next year.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was just after the election. They would have gone to the board in late November or early December.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  At this point, we've adjusted the request for the supplementary estimates (B), which are usually done once the fiscal year has started. That's where we've adjusted our request for the carry-forward and reduced it by the amount of the committee and associations, the funding that h

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The estimates have stayed the same at this point because we're looking at a trade-off between some of the savings that we've had and have just talked about—some of the travel savings and savings in materials and supplies from some of the services that were closed during the lockd

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think I'd like to pass this on to Michelle Laframboise, our CHRO.