Procedure and House Affairs committee  That would have been amazing for an MP to tell the Speaker that he had run out of time, but I understand why you did not. Thanks very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker, for joining us today. I would like to clarify something you said. I think you said 12% of the increase was related to

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. Do you have a dollar amount of how much the inflation the government is causing is affecting the line item for the Parliamentary Protective Service?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. All in all, in the last few years we've seen some pretty big increases to the House of Commons' overall spending. The House grew by 10% after the 2015 election, but in some years since we have had 17% or 19% increases. In 2019-20, we had a 19.4% increase. In 2020-21, we ha

Procedure and House Affairs committee  One of the challenges we've had with the pandemic and the restrictions that have been brought in with it is that all members have experienced the strain that's been put on House resources, such as accommodating various committees in a hybrid format, and challenges with technology

Procedure and House Affairs committee  When the House had midnight sittings last spring, we understand that there were about eight committee meetings per week that were cancelled. Is that about what we could expect? Has the House ramped up in anticipation of this?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  So there is one parliamentary envelope or pool for interpretation that the Senate and the House both draw from?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That is interesting. I appreciate that clarification because that does open up a whole other rationale or motivation in the inclusion of different languages. If the goal is for federal governments, departments and services to be relevant, or at least have an impact on people's li

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Indigenous languages then have their own set of criteria, I suppose, that are more unique than just any language that might attain the 5% rule?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I only have one other question, and I'll open this to any of the panellists who would like to respond to it. We're looking at the inclusion of indigenous languages on the ballot itself. A number of you have talked about the number of languages that are used in your jurisdictions.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thanks very much. I just have a quick question for Ms. Mack. I believe you were listing some of the languages that you offer services in or produce materials in. I believe I heard you mention Tagalog as well. Is that correct?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Obviously, a lot of the discussion flows from some of the things we've heard about reconciliation and acknowledging the unique role the government has with respect to indigenous languages. Of course, Tagalog would, as far as I understand, not fall into that type of category, but

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You mentioned it's a federal requirement. Is that specific to Tagalog, or is there a requirement that once a language reaches a certain threshold in terms of percentages of the overall population, then that must be included? What would the regulation be that would make that a req

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Madam Chair, I don't have any other questions on this now so I will hand my time over to either one of my colleagues or one of the other committee members.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I really appreciate the testimony that we've heard today. It's been a great discussion, and I think we can all agree on the goal of facilitating participation in elections. Some of the discussion has touched upon some of the challenges that many

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Has Elections Canada had time to do any kind of analysis of how the project worked, and have you drawn any conclusions from that, or is it too soon after the last election to accurately summarize how it went?