Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's probably because the Speaker requested a parking spot from my staff, so my staff added the word “honoured” as a descriptor. It's nothing more than that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That's the only one I'm aware of, in terms of asking for parking.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Never.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I must have misspoken, because normally we don't do reputational checks on any guests.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. No open-source checks are ever done on any of the invitees for a joint address.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. The parliamentary access group receives the list and they enter names, one at a time, into a database. It's quite simple. If a red light appears, there is a doubt, and further investigation is required. If the light is green, access is granted. There are different ways to fi

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I don't want to get into too much detail.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A simple one would be having previously created a disturbance here. That would be one way.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would involve a threat to parliamentarians and a threat to Parliament itself, if that has come to our attention—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It would be Parliament and parliamentarians here and in the community.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We exchange information with the RCMP—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  —and 91 police forces.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I were mandated to do it, I'd have the resources to do an open-source verification.