Public Accounts committee  That is correct. We don't know exactly when the public accounts will be tabled. It has been indicated it will probably be some time next week. At the discretion of the chair, we moved a few meetings around. Instead of doing the public accounts, we will do the immigration remova

Public Accounts committee  I apologize as well for not bringing that to the committee's attention. They had indicated that they would be able to do a presentation, but not until late November. We haven't set a specific date. We would probably have to do it in one of our committee meetings, as the new sche

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, I can speak to a couple of those issues. The budget is actually relatively small. We ask for a certain amount of money, and then we are reimbursed by the registration fees. The costs are also shared with the legislative auditors. It's a joint meeting. Part of the m

Public Accounts committee  Of the executive board or of this committee?

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it was Mr. Sorenson.

Public Accounts committee  I'm trying to remember, but I believe it was something like $25,000. As I say, we actually get back about 60% of that in registration fees and whatnot. The normal participation in this conference is about 100 people. It's a reasonably significant meeting for a reasonably minimal

Public Accounts committee  Yes, the witnesses have left.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. For the members' information, our committee has been a member of the Canadian Council of Public Accounts Committees for a number of years. Every year, the CCPAC hosts an annual conference of all members, which includes the members of the public accounts c

Public Accounts committee  I apologize. With all of the technology, I was texting with someone about something else and I missed your question, sir. Would you mind repeating it.

Public Accounts committee  As usual, it's always at the will of the committee what they would like to do. If the committee would like to write a letter with Mr. Sorbara's questions in it to the department requesting this information, that's certainly something the committee could consider and do.

Public Accounts committee  The time has expired.

Public Accounts committee  I set the timer for five minutes when he started and it went off during the debate.

Public Accounts committee  No, not when it is a motion. He used his time to present his motion. So he used up all the time he had to discuss the motion.

Public Accounts committee  I can only say that it was more than five minutes because I put the timer on for five minutes at the beginning of the questioning time and it had expired. The alarm sounded during the discussion. It was probably less than a minute after that. Certainly, it's at the discretion of

Public Accounts committee  If there's no other debate, yes.