Procedure and House Affairs committee  Is that a yes? Were there...?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I have one final question. Did the Ottawa police make a request to the federal government to invoke the Emergencies Act? Please answer yes or no.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. There were certainly a lot of allegations made at the time of the protests that have since been debunked. A lot of inflammatory language used by certain politicians and the corporate media to try to characterize these protests into something tha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  To Chief Bell, are you aware of any buildings near the parliamentary precinct that were occupied, where protesters entered buildings and occupied them?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's also important to use precise language, because the parliamentary precinct is very specifically defined and the word “occupation” means something very specific. I have one more question on this line, Mr. Duheme. Were you aware or did anybody in the Parliamentary Protective

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The House doesn't have its own pool?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I see. Where does Parliament fit in the pecking order?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. I just wanted to make sure of that. I'm sorry to loop back to the increase, but can you just repeat what the overall increase is? Is the 3.5% the only increase this year over last year?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What's the total percentage increase year over year if you add in everything, such as the CPI and inflation?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Total?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  So that was the total increase. Okay. On the Parliamentary Protective Service side, I was Speaker at the tail end, just as the entity was being constructed. Overall, is there any feedback on whether or not that has achieved the goal of streamlining, of finding efficiencies and o

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'm surprised you missed your opportunity to cut off the Speaker.