Procedure and House Affairs committee  First, if the committee agrees, we'll provide you more detailed data following this meeting. However, our occupational health and safety team has been very active and working closely with the various public health agencies, be they from Ontario or Quebec, because we have people l

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was not per se a layoff, Mr. Tochor. It was more a case of some contracts not being renewed in the normal cycle of the activity of Parliament. There were 83 individuals who were in that situation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you mean in terms of the current contingent of administration staff?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The administration has been continuing to work and operate during the pandemic. What has happened since the start of the pandemic in March is that a lot of staff have transitioned to working from home. In terms of people who come on site to work, it depends on the nature of the a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are continually monitoring the cost savings and expenditures in relation to COVID that we have been having since the start of the pandemic. The administration gave a report to the board in early October on the status of the expenditures and savings tha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think at the end of the day what is important is, as we discussed at the last meeting.... The chart will be coming in terms of the many players involved. At the end of the day, what is important and what the administration position is, as supported by the board and this committ

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The concept of the visitor welcome centre has been approved by the board. The space it will occupy, the design of it, is still in the works. There are many options on the drawing board, but the final design or proposal, in terms of square footage and all of that, has not been fin

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would have to get you the dates. It's many years ago.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I haven't seen that information, so I cannot answer that question. I cannot say that any members of the board or the administration were aware of those 100 pages of communications.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A hundred thousand pages.... I certainly haven't seen it. In terms of construction problems, I'm going to state the obvious. There are some that have occurred—for example, the south and west doors of this building. As far as I'm concerned, there have been construction deficienci

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There's no such group that exists at the present time, so the Speaker obviously doesn't sit on any such group.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Obviously, it's intended that we're going to have a discussion with the board later this week in terms of the governance and oversight that members of Parliament must and should have in terms of the Centre Block requirements.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It doesn't exist anymore. I believe, at that time, that group was reporting to the Minister of Public Works.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. There is none at this moment. In terms of a going-forward process, we are having discussions with Public Works to ensure that members of Parliament, the board and committees such as this one can have meaningful input on the requirements.