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Procedure and House Affairs committee That was the problem the Speaker wanted the committee to address. I think this proposal does solve that. That is to say, it's not a first-hour thing, and then you jump up and you're ahead, and so forth and so on. As soon as you see the light of day on the order of precedence, the
May 8th, 2007Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee It's not unusual, when the member in question is the leader of a party, for there to be a spokesperson from that party who conveys his or her wishes in a setting such as this one. The committee and you as chair would obviously be free to feel comfortable with that or not. But und
May 8th, 2007Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Mr. Chair, through you to Mrs. Redman, thank you. Some of those measures outlined there are already in place. For example, if a draft report is sent around to members' offices, we ask for a signature so that there's proof that the document actually reached there. The business of
May 10th, 2007Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee No, Mr. Chair. I think it has been a very enlightening discussion. I feel the pain of the members who were talking about the frustrations of there being miscreants about, who will simply not respect the work of their colleagues and the work that they're doing in the committee and
May 10th, 2007Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Actually, I should say as well, given that we're also responsible for the orientation of new members, that this has given me all kinds of food for thought for graduate seminars on accountability.
May 10th, 2007Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Veterans Affairs committee Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have nothing to add.
June 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Veterans Affairs committee I'm going to have to go back into the archives to find out more about it. My understanding is that you're correct, the Minister of Defence at the time took it upon himself to decide he was going to call that room the War Room. That was never sanctioned in any way, though it does
June 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Veterans Affairs committee It's known as Room 200 much more than it is known as the Confederation Room. I discovered it was called the Confederation Room when I was reading briefing notes.
June 10th, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee You are right. I should have reviewed the translation yesterday. I also see that the expression “cahier de classement“ was used instead of “cahier d'information“. I think the person responsible for the translation may have been new.
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Mr. Chairman, through you to Mr. Albrecht, Treasury Board has a reporting requirement that a separate capital vote must be established only when the capital expenditures exceed $5 million. Our House capital expenditures total approximately $3 million, so a separate capital vote i
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee If I might also add, Mr. Speaker and Mr. Chairman, through you to Mr. Cuzner, through the Partners for a Green Hill, working with the Senate and the Library of Parliament, the three administrations have banded together to raise awareness among our employees, so the whole question
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee To answer Mr. Godin's question, through you, Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that Members are very concerned about Hill workers, and they appreciate that concern, especially the restaurant staff who don't necessarily work part time, but rather for set periods of time, as you pointed o
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee We haven't attempted to keep the restaurant open, for one very simple reason: at the time, there was every indication that it would not result in any major changes for the workers. Also, we would have been in an embarrassing position, given the restaurant's economic situation. I
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Yes, but with tourists, there is security to consider.
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien
Procedure and House Affairs committee Yes, but they tour the building as a group and then leave.
December 2nd, 2008Committee meeting
Audrey O'Brien