Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am here today with Pierre Parent, our chief human resources officer, who is leading the House administration's crisis management team. We have put in place a number of preventative measures to help ensure the health and safety of members, their staff,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We enjoy the discussion. We are learning a lot.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it will be a continuous engagement with those who are tasked with the responsibility of making those decisions. For example, in the past parliament, for the visitor welcome centre there was a working group established by the Board of Internal Economy. Just on that questi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  From my point of view, it did work well, but that was in the past.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a bit unknown at this stage, as I said, because the discussion will be pursued with the Board of Internal Economy this Thursday. Obviously, in making those decisions and, may I say, the authoritative process for making them among the various options, I'm going to say that it

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's certainly the vision for the Centre Block. As I said, leveraging this facility for the administration or other functionality, now that it's a utilized building, those committee rooms will remain, for example, and also other facilities that we may have across the street.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Unfortunately, for this building it was the administration. Room allocation is the whip's prerogative. That's for the future.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The next step, I would suggest, is the board meeting on Thursday, in terms of continuing the discussion.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will say that there's a conversation on leveraging the West Block facilities, in terms of the administration, for example, to maximize space for MPs at Centre Block. As for the one you're suggesting with regard to the chamber, I would suggest that's a discussion that the member

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said, I don't think the consultation with members was sufficient in designing the accommodation of the West Block. It's a project that spanned seven years.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said, traditionally, the board has been making those decisions and holding those consultations. There's been broader consultation, as our team consulted previous PROC members individually for their input, but the appearance before this committee is also helpful for us. We're

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To the first part of your question, the past decisions made on the House of Commons' requirements were made by the Board of Internal Economy. For example, you talked about the planned digging of the hole. That was decided back in June. The board decided, at that time, to go for t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. That's the middle ground, with the understanding that, once requirements are defined, and so on.... Decision-making over the last few decades has been by the board, but, as I said before, sometimes not to the level of detail that I personally would feel satisfied with. But t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.