Finance committee  This was an unusual situation in the sense of having a statement following coming into force that involved a different coming-into-force date. There have been situations in which the government has announced legislative tax measures and has implemented them pending legislative pa

Finance committee  As I say, this communiqué was issued. It announced the government's intention to introduce new legislation to change the coming-into-force date. That's not something we have seen before.

Finance committee  What I've stated to this committee is that Parliament is supreme. Parliament has privileges and has fundamental authority. I've taken that position. That's an authority that Parliament has to exercise responsibly, and that continues to be my position.

Finance committee  I provide views and advice to committees on issues as they arise [Technical difficulty—Editor] litigation. The Speaker has informed members that he has instructed my office to respond to that litigation, and we are doing so. As indicated, I've appeared before this committee to ad

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, for your invitation to appear today following the Department of Finance Canada's June 30 news release respecting Private Member's Bill C‑208, and the clarification issued by the government yesterday which replaced that June 30 news

Health committee  There would be no order that I'm aware of that would require the government to provide me with this information. It would be up to the government to provide them on its own initiative. There would be no order that I'm aware of that would require it.

Health committee  I'll turn to Mr. Bédard to see if he can provide that type of estimate in terms of number of pages per document. I think it varies.

Health committee  We've received about 8,500 documents.

Health committee  What I can say is there were estimates that were made by the Clerk of the Privy Council at that time in those letters and in committee. It was of a far greater number than what we have received so far. I can't comment or speculate on the reason for that. I can only note that the

Health committee  I understand the proposition you're putting forward. I think ultimately it's for the committee to decide whether that's the interpretation it will take. From my office's standpoint, I am vetting the documents that I received on the basis of the language in the House order.

Health committee  In the letter in which I asked for instructions, the main issue I pointed out to the committee was the translation. The government decided that it should be done by the Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel, and, if necessary, by asking for resources from the Board of

Health committee  In terms of the committees' approach, you will always be asked about the topic of your study, your mandate, why is it important and in the public interest to have and report that information, in order to be able to hold the government to account. Then, there may be questions ab

Health committee  To my knowledge, that was done, yes.

Health committee  My view is the committee could do that if it so stated in its decision. In my view, the committee decides, and ultimately the House decides what grounds it will accept. In this instance, the House has agreed to certain grounds in the order. The motion talks about vetting in acco

Health committee  Yes, it is.