Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. That could bring us into 2022. At some point, the House will be able to resume its sittings in Ottawa with all MPs present. With that, thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have an answer for you in three parts. First of all, with respect to the necessity part of having Parliament and in particular the House of Commons, I think the even more fundamental aspect of this is that democracy is in question. If there is no Parliament, if there is no give-and-take, if there is no communication between the governors and the people, essentially, in my view, democracy breaks down.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As you were framing the question, my thought was that nobody in this meeting has yet talked about using international examples. In the last week or 10 days, the Parliament of Westminster has made considerable progress in developing what in today's documents is called alternate locations and a virtual House of Commons.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think each of the groups of advisers has different contributions to make. In the process of making their recommendations, it's important to have them meet together virtually so that the advice given to parliamentarians is complete and makes sense in both legal and technical terms.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I agree entirely with Marc Bosc's interpretation of this. In order to answer your question properly, I think the first step should be to distinguish what the most pressing and urgent aspects of this ensemble of questions are, get those resolved first and then add in details as solutions present themselves.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'd like to thank the committee for extending me an invitation to participate in today's proceedings. The chair mentioned that I'm representing the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law. In addition to that, part of my background is 15 years spent in the office of the law clerk.