Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think this is probably why the Federal Court of Appeal has adopted the standard of, “Does it clearly violate?” You can see the argument. How can you demonstrate your knowledge of French without speaking French? That's the argument on that side of the ledger. On the other side,

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The total in my office is 36. We have two main mandates. One is legal advice to the House itself, and one is the legislative drafting. The legislative drafting would be about half of my office, including the publication of bills.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'm pleased to be here with you today to assist the committee in its work as it considers the votability of Bill C-421. On November 29, 2018, the committee commenced consideration of matters related to private members'

Library of Parliament committee  Well, I'm not the person making the ultimate decision on how to move forward, but what I've stated is that this is fundamental quasi-human rights, quasi-constitutional legislation. I'm not sure that it's the number of violations. If there is a violation, you can have one that's a

Library of Parliament committee  I think being accessible to people working here is a possibility. The issues can come up in that context, but the vulnerability is greater if you make it available to the general public. Perhaps there are things we're able to do internally more quickly. It's a case-by-case situa

Library of Parliament committee  My role on this file is as the law clerk to the House of Commons, providing legal advice and support to the House administration that is managing the implementation of these measures.

Library of Parliament committee  I would have to get back to the committee.

Library of Parliament committee  I would hesitate to give a number but we're not talking about hundreds. I think it's more in the nature.... It depends on what you're talking about in terms of human rights complaints, as well.

Library of Parliament committee  We haven't had to deal with many.

Library of Parliament committee  I would say it's less than 10, and—

Library of Parliament committee  They've been resolved.

Library of Parliament committee  Parliament has some immunities in terms of parliamentary privilege. That's clear. In the Parliament of Canada Act there is protection for parliamentary publications, but these issues aren't always 100%. There are arguments made in cases as to does this fall inside or outside...so

Library of Parliament committee  All I can say is that, ultimately, I suppose it would be a decision for this committee in terms of a recommendation, and for the House, ultimately, as to the way to go. Certainly, in terms of complaints processes, as I've indicated before, those can be dealt with, addressed, and

Library of Parliament committee  In the context of a human rights complaint, the Canadian Human Rights Act provides the right to full participation in Canadian society. If there is a complaint filed, it is looked at, responded to, and we try to resolve it. If it's a complaint where we would clearly have not met

Library of Parliament committee  The only thing I would want to suggest on the issue of reporting and to the earlier question about a motion of this committee being implemented by the House of Commons administration, I would flag the possibility that the report could be made to the House, and the House make a de