Procedure and House Affairs committee  That has become a bit of a problematic issue at the moment. It depends on the way in which you look at parliamentary privilege. As I wrote in my article on the evolution of the situation, it must be recognized that there is a much more traditional aspect based on a decision mad

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. However, you have to understand that the concept does not apply in cases where the access problem is caused, say, by a traffic light. If a member could not get onto Parliament Hill because a traffic light was red, I assume that it could not be seen as a matter of privilege.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I've been there.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A good number.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, I fully intend to be here for at least several Parliaments.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I fully appreciate that and accept that. Having been involved in writing a smaller but still major production on procedure for us in the Senate, I'm fully aware of the nature of the work involved and how much attention to detail is required. For geeks like us, it's not a hardship

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, it came through, and I think it said something “job opportunity”. It was posted online and you applied online, and then there was a terminal date and I made sure that I made my submission before the terminal date.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, in fact, I had to actually call PCO computer people because I was trying to enter some data and it wouldn't accept it. So I had to actually go to PCO. I said, “Make sure that data is in, because I don't want the fact that I wasn't able to properly fill in my profile to canc

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There were people from the Privy Council Office; that was for sure. There were also people from the firm that was actually managing the competition.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe so.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It has not that I'm aware of.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was the challenge.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly.