Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I can add through you, Madam Chair, we had the technical capabilities, sir, but, if you remember, in time we made the decision for the honourable member, if they were not in Canada, to identify themselves as not being there, because we didn't want to prevent a member from part

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No. I would agree with that statement.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, one of the recommendations, Ms. Blaney, is that moving forward, for now we would be using interpreters from the interpretation bureau. That was one of the recommendations that came out of the pilot of the board.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We would use the same qualifications and they would be provided by them.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, I don't have the exact details, Mr. Calkins, but I can say that the mobility enabling requirements for hybrid are one of the key principles: having proper Internet and having a proper cloud service provider are key elements that we need to offer for hybr

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To answer this simply, I cannot guarantee that, sir. I don't control the end person—where they are participating. I can only guarantee the infrastructure we provide, to make sure that it is secure.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I wouldn't want to comment on the cabinet, sir. We provide support to them, but I would leave that answer to the cabinet participants with regard to what they offer from that service and who participates.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I don't have the exact numbers.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We can give them to you, but you should ask the Translation Bureau representatives when they appear on Thursday.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm not trying to dodge the question, but again, the Translation Bureau is in the best position to answer you. We are asking the same questions as you are, and we expect to get answers soon. So I would ask you to ask them the same question this week. That will be the best way to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Madam Chair, thank you for the question, Madam Sahota. IT security had to be remodelled in the context of a virtual Parliament. We took major steps to ensure that the proceedings would be secured and also that the members use of all of the devices had been secured.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have 57 slots available right now, sir. That includes the national caucuses.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Currently, the schedules are organized.... I'll let Eric answer that one.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. We did do a study this summer, Ms. Blaney, to actually characterize our systems and measure the performance, because there were discussions and doubt about whether our systems at present were actually meeting the ISO standards. The report demonstrated tha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  These are the current averages. However, we notice an increase in remote participation during recess weeks, that is to say when the House does not sit and the members are most likely in their riding offices. As for witnesses, the percentage is still quite high. Right now, almos