Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Chairman, through you to Mr. Martin, Mr. Maingot's book on privilege and parliamentary inviolability uses privilege in the more global sense of that, where, as you so correctly point out, there are various rogues and miscreants who under the umbrella of privilege, b

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm exhorting you to an education role.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Ms. Latendresse, I must say that we were a bit disappointed by the way in which the Access to Information Act was explained when Ms. Legault appeared before the committee. Parliamentary privilege was not taken into consideration, although it is a pillar of the Constitution and a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, if I may, one of the things that we found especially frustrating, particularly about all of the kind of outside chatter when this Auditor General case came up, was the idea that somehow or other it made equivalent the idea that something was covered by parliamentary

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Mr. Scott, yes, if the committee were to report wanting to codify certain instances, for instance, where they felt the privilege should be waived or how we should comport ourselves, and the report was concurred in by the House, then it's a directive of the House.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Chairman, if I understand Mr. Scott's question, I think we have in fact dealt with it as implicit in the legislation, and that has been something that has been recognized in our dealings on exactly these kinds of issues as a third party dealing with other government

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, everyone. I'm very pleased to be here this morning. I'll be uncharacteristically very brief. I simply want to thank the committee for all of the work that it's doing on this question and exhort you to come back to the House with a robust r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  For example, one of the positions eliminated was that of a person who provided administrative support to the parliamentary internship program. That person retired and the position was abolished. The parliamentary internship program still receives administrative support, but that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I do not have it to hand, but we could definitely submit it to the chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  He has long had a sword, so he's good to go.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Through you, Mr. Chairman, to Mr. Lukiwski, as Mark was saying, the bulk of the administration budget is in salaries. In looking at the question of attrition and vacancies and what vacancies we can afford to not fill and offer up as part of the savings, we have been very mindful

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We cannot clearly say yet whether that will call for staff cuts. There will obviously be an impact on human resources and collective agreements here and in the Senate, but also at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. We know that it is the agency responsible for the parliamentary p