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Procedure and House Affairs committee I don't know that I'd go so far as to say it's the prerogative of the chair. I can say that no chair has ever done that. It has happened that there has been consensus that was not unanimous, and that too is not all that frequent because there is usually the agreement of everyon
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee May I, Mr. Chairman, and through you to Mr. Scott, cover off some of the points he raised earlier, which, as I understood, were questions? Our concern as officials who serve the House and serve all parties is indeed to have rules that apply to everyone. That's one of the reason
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee If I may, Mr. Chairman, I have perhaps a slight clarification, in that the performance audit the Auditor General has done here is a performance audit of the administration, not of members. An audit of members by the Auditor General has been something that members have steadfastly
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Frankly speaking, I think, again, that because of the vast differences in the backgrounds of members, they operate in very different ways; the former Speaker spoke last night about people with extensive industry experience or professional experience and so forth, and people with
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Well, if members were to judge that to be helpful, then we'd be happy to comply and to support that regime. As I say, I'm a bit baffled, to tell you the truth.
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee I realize that my former colleague Rob Walsh suggested that this happen. I suppose it could. Frankly speaking, I just think it's a certain amount of window dressing if the subcommittee meets in camera and then they bring a report back to a full and public meeting. If that meets
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Frankly speaking, Mr. Chairman, through you to Mr. MacKenzie, I do think that the even numbers of government and opposition members provide a good basis, and I think that consensus is really the best way to decide things, because you're deciding things for the good of the institu
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee If the decision were to be made to go from the Board of Internal Economy model to a different model—whether that be a commissioner, as in the case of Manitoba, or something like IPSA, as in the case of the United Kingdom—I think the first thing we would have to consider is the am
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Mr. Julian was talking about the transition period, and I think that whole business of the corporate memory becomes an issue in the transition. We look at IPSA now, and it's been in place for three years, and by this time now they have created an informal liaison committee betwe
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Mr. Chair, I consider representation to be important, and I completely understand the dissatisfaction around that. I was interested in what Mr. Fraser said yesterday evening. On the three issues of representation, audits and access to information, I think we could make improvem
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee I guess that if one were to look at either Manitoba's or an IPSA model, I suppose that an IPSA model would seem somewhat preferable to me. If you have a lone commissioner, it would seem to me that this person would have a crushing burden of expectations visited upon him or her i
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Yes, there are only 57 members.
November 21st, 2013Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien