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Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

A meeting of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons was held on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 1:00 p.m., in Room 340-S, Centre Block.

In the Chair: The Honourable Andrew Scheer, Speaker of the House of Commons

Present: The Honourables Peter Van Loan, John Duncan and Dominic LeBlanc; Mr. Philip Toone; Mrs. Nycole Turmel

Secretary to the Board: Audrey O’Brien, Clerk of the House of Commons

Also Present: Marc Bosc, Deputy Clerk; Richard Denis, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; Mark Watters, Chief Financial Officer; Pierre Parent, Chief Human Resources Officer; Robin Kells, Secretariat

Legal Matters

After discussion, with Mr. Toone and Mrs. Turmel dissenting, the Board agreed that the Speaker, as Chair of the Board, would be authorized to represent the Board in receiving advice from, and providing instructions to, the Board’s counsel in the matter of two applications to Federal Court made by certain Members regarding the Board’s decision on the use of House of Commons resources with respect to certain large-volume mailings.

Satellite Offices

The Clerk informed the Board that one hour prior to the meeting, a representative of the NDP provided a package of information pertaining to the use of House of Commons resources in locations other than Ottawa or a constituency.

The Board agreed to postpone its decision until a future meeting to allow the House Administration to analyze the documents. It was also agreed that, in order to be taken into consideration, any such documentation will have to be presented to Board members 10 days prior to the next Board meeting.

The meeting was adjourned.

Audrey O’Brien
Secretary to the Board