Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll now add a bit of French to this discussion. That's good for you. You will miss that in Hamilton, the French.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You may recall that I first met you at a meeting of the Standing Committee on National Defence, when I was replacing a colleague. At that time, I was impressed by how you promoted your ideas, but above all by your understanding of the issues. Obviously, you knew how to advocate f

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You deserve it. You impress me, you know that?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. In my opinion, I have complied with the seven minutes allotted to me. Everything always starts with following the rules. I must say that I personally like it when everyone follows the rules we set up.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Baylis, earlier, you talked about the reasons why women do not get involved in politics. Everyone has given their opinion on a number of things. However, I am a woman and I have spoken to many women who were considering becoming involved in politics. You said that women do no

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I will ask the question again.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry to interrupt, but I have another question. In terms of the election of the Speaker and the election of committee chairs, what makes you think that an amendment to the Standing Orders will reduce confrontation and encourage co-operation? What will it really bring? Forgi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I know we'll certainly be asking him to appear, but you're the one here today.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Baylis and Ms. May. I am pleased to have you with us. Mr. Baylis, I listened to you carefully. You mentioned the reasons that prompted you to introduce this motion. In your opinion, members of Parliament are being discourteous and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. I understood what Ms. May said about the lists of members. Ms. May or Mr. Baylis, have you spoken to the former Speakers of the House about this issue? Ms. May, you said that one of them was more or less interested in doing this work. Did you talk about the lists with pe

Procedure and House Affairs committee  There is a very wide range of things being proposed. As far as establishing a parallel debating chamber is concerned, we conducted a study on that. I believe we are reporting on it and that will address that aspect. People need to come talk to us about it. For example, we are ta

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do I have to talk about the amendment or can I make the comments I wanted to make?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Very good. I would be okay with unanimous recommendations.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I started by talking about social media because I tried to connect to each platform last night. We need to raise awareness. I know that it's part of the commissioner's mandate to raise awareness and to reach as many electors as possible to inform them of upcoming debates and enc