Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's under continuous consideration.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Can you say that again?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Our consultations have not concluded as of yet. We, with the assistance of Elections Canada, have begun to reach out to an all-party advisory group that may, in fact, be appropriate for further consultation.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't think there are any others than the ones we've contacted. Should they do so, we would be quite prepared to meet with that party.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The party organizations?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for emphasizing that, by the way. That discussion in itself is important. What we have done, of course, which I'd like to think was quite thorough, is considered discussions in the last three or four years about this matter, including some of the very important presenta

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would be unwise to cite that now, because I have general information—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —based on our most recent discussion with the executive director of the U.S. debates commission. I would want to give you a better answer than the one I have in my head.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I begin, personally, with my 14 grandchildren, who are very good at tutoring their grandpa. They call me “Grandpa Book”, but the booking goes both ways.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Our communication manager Jill Clark is right here. Jill frequently reminds us that she doesn't have a television set in her home and she doesn't need it, and she's more informed than any one of us on what she does. She and Jess Milton have been leading this exercise in reaching

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Your questions would be, what about this budget, and what does it cost to put on debates? A good portion of it will be to explore exactly that, and to stimulate that broader new social media area, and then to do an evaluation of what worked and what didn't work out of that with

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for saying that, because we were particularly anxious to have people who would be seen as statespeople, and people with the wisdom, and so on, as well as having the contact that was put in our mandate. Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's absolutely wonderful. Thank you. With money changing hands in this House committee, I am a little worried.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said last time, that is touching, and as I said last time, when I told my wife that evening, she didn't agree, but nevertheless, it was helpful.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What an important question. In the mandate, we were not given any sanction with respect to no-shows, so it's an open book as to what one does. I suppose one looks for the sanction of publicity and notoriety for no-shows. We will trigger that somewhat, which is a matter we discus