Procedure and House Affairs committee  In 1972, 1974, and 1980.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe she was referring to a grants and contributions.... What she was looking to do was the establishment of an entity that would examine the issues—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —and come up with proposals.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry. Are you referring to a Governor in Council or a grants and contributions initiative ?

Information & Ethics committee  That's one of the benefits of putting it in statute, that it's clear to everyone whether a minister is fulfilling the requirement that's set out for him or her.

Information & Ethics committee  When it comes to departmental requests, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada takes about 55% of the total volume.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's whatever the amount is. So, if it's a $400 event, it's $400.

Finance committee  It's a consequential amendment. It's the result of a numbering change.

Finance committee  No, it's not expanding the nature of the bill.

Finance committee  It's clarifying.

Finance committee  The reference is incorrect.

Finance committee  Just during the election period, of course it's a very sensitive time, and what the PBO is doing is actually a narrower set of things. It's providing costing for parties that would like their proposals costed, so it's a much narrower set of information. In light of the sensitivit

Finance committee  If you were to keep things as they were, the three elements are as follows: the information the PBO could reveal, if it's already made public; if the DM has consented in the context of an election, as we've just discussed; and, the PBO is now getting a larger array of information

Finance committee  Referring to 79.5(b) as it currently is, this is only referring to when there's an election costing mandate request, which is at the request of a party. That's all I'm saying.