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Declaration of Emergency committee I would say that the work doesn't necessarily have to occur in silos, to use your expression. The committee and the Governor in Council will have to do their jobs. They both have a mandate, and they'll have to determine the scope of their mandates, the work that needs to be done
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee When we talk generally in terms of large and liberal interpretation—and we talk about that sometimes in the human rights context and in other contexts— we talk about what is the purpose and what is the interpretation that is going to support the ultimate purpose of the legislatio
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee What I'd say is that the anchor for the committee's work is going to be the language of the order and the language of section 62, so The exercise of powers and the performance of duties and functions.... Some of them you may be able to do in complete isolation; many you may
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee I can perhaps speak to this, Mr. Naqvi, in the sense that, as I said in my opening remarks, if we look at the language for the inquiry, there are certainly the two elements. One is the circumstances that led to it, which is retrospective and, second is the measures that were take
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee In terms of “the grand inquest of the nation”, that has certainly been cited and included by the Supreme Court of Canada in recognition of the important work of the House and committees in holding the government to account and being able to do its work. The House itself, though,
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee Those are the words used in the House's order. I understand it's the same for the Senate's order. It's “review the exercise of powers and the performance of duties and functions pursuant to the declaration of emergency that was in effect from Monday, February 14, 2022, to Wednesd
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee I would say that it is for this committee to interpret the scope of its mandate in light of the House's order and in light of the language in the act. Ultimately, it would be for the houses if there are any issues raised about that. We have seen certain instances where concerns
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Declaration of Emergency committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. Members of the committee, thank you for your invitation to appear today. I am pleased to be here along with my colleague, the law clerk and parliamentary counsel of the Senate, to discuss the scope of the mandate of the committee and address any questions t
March 29th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee Both the oath and the principles of the code really recognize the public trust, the public commitment and the public interest that members are there to support and promote.
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee Through you, Madam Chair, I think the issue of work and paid work and conflict of interest is one that has in fact been raised by the commissioner. Currently the code says with regard to activities outside of Parliament that unless you're a minister or a parliamentary secretary
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee I think what I would say is this is the way to look at the code and to identify these issues. This is a situation where the code says you can't do it if it's improper. I think that's really the issue: Is it proper or improper to do a certain thing as a member? I think the more yo
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee Madam Chair, in relation to the question about external activities and guidelines as to what can or cannot be done, the code refers to guiding principles and objectives. I invite you to consult them regarding avoiding the appearance of conflict of interest and encouraging confide
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee That's right, Chair. In the code of conduct, in terms of conflict of interest, even if you're a former member, you can still have a report debated about you, if the complaint was against you and you can have a finding of the House as a former member, and that's happened. In te
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee Madam Chair, what we found interesting is that in the code it specifically says that in the situation where you have a complaint that was upheld or substantiated, you have a maximum of two hours for the debate, but otherwise, you don't. We wanted to ask whether there was a polic
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne
Procedure and House Affairs committee If one is not satisfied with the answer that one receives, I would follow up with a request for more clarification, I suppose.
February 10th, 2022Committee meeting
Philippe Dufresne