Procedure and House Affairs committee  Factoring in the aspect of minority government—I don't quite get that.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That sounds fine. It seems to me that would be a technical matter for the House of Commons, and it could be technically provided. The House's privileges include how they do their internal proceedings. That would be part of internal proceedings, it seems to me, a combination of

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. Maybe I can reply by saying, whether it's virtual or not virtual, privileges remain the same. I suspect that if we're speaking in terms of members who have difficulty getting about, that's not a matter of privilege. Getting to and from the House is

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Member, I'm not sure if I seized the question properly.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  A more sacred...?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure what you mean by a staggered approach. We're now sitting in a virtual sitting of—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I see. I don't know how I could answer that. That's a technical problem dealing with procedures and I want to restrict myself to the area with which I'm most familiar.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Forgive me if I reply in my mother's native tongue. People can't get there for a variety of reasons other than being obstructed and that doesn't represent a contempt of Parliament. Aged or otherwise, people have to make their way. People who are elected and who have disabilitie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, no, of course, if you were connected to the committee, you would be part of the virtual committee, as you are right now. You're all connected to it and part of it. Somebody outside of that, if they're not part of that virtual committee, they're not—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're bringing in Mother Nature now.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That would be a technical matter that a member would raise in the House to try to resolve.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It seems to me that unless the member wanting to attend a session was prevented from attending because of missing a plane or being sick or any reason other than that, it would be the same as if you were sitting in a traditional way. If something doesn't prevent you from coming be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not sure I heard everything you said. The point is that unless you're being obstructed from attending a sitting of the House or a sitting of a committee as a member of Parliament, no contempt of Parliament is involved.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would not, because it's part of the proceedings of the committee that the committee itself has established to use in advance.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.