Finance committee  Sorry. Could you repeat the question, sir?

Finance committee  Let me just clarify. It's an amendment to the RCMP Act. There is a clause in the RCMP Act that makes an explicit reference back to the Parliament of Canada Act, and the numbers in the Parliament of Canada Act have changed, so it's just to make the link-up between the RCMP Act and

Finance committee  It's a housekeeping amendment.

Finance committee  The minister's deputy has consent, yes. Paragraph (b) that is currently in the legislation will be the only provision there, and that will only be for the election costing part.

Finance committee  It will strike (a) and (c). It will keep (b) for during the election costing and continue to require the deputy approval before things are disclosed, but for (a) and (c) those would be removed. Once the PBO is provided with the information, it will be at the PBO's discretion in t

Finance committee  The next business day the PBO may make it public, but there has to be a grace period of one business day.

Finance committee  Do you mean for the other agents...other officers of the Library of Parliament and the COI Act?

Finance committee  It's my understanding that the officers would provide it to the Speakers for their consideration and approval, and then it would be submitted. It would be submitted to Treasury Board, which would not approve it but would act as a sort of conduit with the estimates, as opposed to

Finance committee  Certainly I think the expectation now is that, say, the Library of Parliament, would submit its estimates to the Speakers to be approved and then sent off. This would remove that approval function and basically it would be sent to them either as a mailbox or for a discussion, but

Finance committee  As a Governor in Council appointee, yes, he would be a public office holder for the purpose of the Conflict of Interest Act, although he's not a reporting public office holder currently.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  That is my understanding. Certainly he could not be employed doing anything that could be conceived as a conflict. I would have to check the Conflict of Interest Act to definitively say that it completely bars external employment, but I'm fairly certain it does.

Finance committee  The PBO? Yes. The order in council that would appoint the individual would have the salary range associated with it.

Finance committee  Yes, that is my understanding.

Finance committee  The GIC, the system...?