Procedure and House Affairs committee  And it might be that you want to look into that to see why they've decided to exclude it completely and not leave it to the individual decision. I think my colleague would like to comment on this question.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Reid, I agree that speech is meant to be persuasive, but I think there is something vivid about video broadcasting. It's one thing to say you want to object, for instance, to the policy position being taken by a member in a given speech, but we can all imagine how r

Procedure and House Affairs committee  And perhaps in more reputable publications as well. It's a difficult question.

Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Honourable members, I'm very pleased to be here this afternoon to follow up on a conversation we basically started with the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs almost a year ago, on June 10, 2008, when Mr. Speaker Milliken and I appeared before you to t

Veterans Affairs committee  You have rocketed into being my favourite committee. Thanks so much, Mr. Chair.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, they are not factored in at the present time. This is anticipated for once the West Block closes down, when there are obviously going to be issues, both in terms of security and transportation. We're in the process of working that out. They will be featured in future main est

Procedure and House Affairs committee  No.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I didn't realize it was time to write to Santa. I would have been a bit more creative.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We were very aware, in coming before the Board of Internal Economy, given the economic situation and the difficulties being faced worldwide, that we had to be extremely frugal in our requests. I think our priorities would be in two areas. On the one hand, our priority would be

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Without revealing the secrets of the sanctum sanctorum of the Board of Internal Economy, I wouldn't like to suggest that we've been rebuffed in our requests. We have tried to be strategic about when we come forward with an ask. This was our approach this year on information techn

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Certainly, in the rumpled sweepstakes, I would agree with you. I'd like to invite Louis Bard,Chief Information Officer, to come to the table to give you a more detailed answer to your question. We continue to check everything that goes on the network to ensure that there are no

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I know that the use of webcams is becoming much more common, and I confess to you that I'm really not in a position to explain some of the security issues, because I don't understand them myself. Louis could, perhaps, enlighten us both.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I may, Mr. Comartin, one of the things that sometimes happens when individual requests come up like this that are eminently reasonable is that we look at them in light of perhaps the emergence of a new type of service to members. It's a question of figuring out how we're going

Procedure and House Affairs committee  That seems like a worthy goal, then.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My understanding is that you are correct in assuming that. In our case, I don't think we have anybody, any union, to which that would apply, because everybody is at the bargaining table. All of the collective agreements have run out.