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Meeting Minutes

Thursday, November 2, 2017

A meeting of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons was held on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 11:18 a.m., in Room 237-C, Centre Block.

In the Chair: The Honourable Geoff Regan, Speaker of the House of Commons

Present: The Honourables Bardish Chagger, Dominic LeBlanc, Pablo Rodriguez and Candice Bergen; Messrs. Mark Strahl and Peter Julian

Secretary to the Board: Charles Robert, Clerk of the House of Commons

Also Present: Michel Patrice, Deputy Clerk, Administration; Philippe Dufresne, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; André Gagnon, Deputy Clerk, Procedure; Colette Labrecque-Riel, Clerk Assistant and Director General, International and Interparliamentary Affairs; Benoit Giroux, Director General, Parliamentary Precinct Operations; Julie Allard, Director, Client Service Delivery, Parliamentary Precinct Operations; Mark Giguère, Director, Building Support Services, Parliamentary Precinct Operations; Rima Adams, Deputy Director, Business Management Services, Parliamentary Precinct Operations; Stéphan Aubé, Chief Information Officer; Susan Kulba, Senior Director, Architecture and Long Term Vision and Plan Program Management (LTVP); Jean-Marc Lundy, Deputy Director, Finance, Administration and Planning; Guillaume La Perrière Marcoux, Secretariat.

NEW MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Pursuant to subsections 50(2) and 50(5) of the Parliament of Canada Act, Mr. Peter Julian was sworn in as a member of the Board (October 25, 2017).


MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

The minutes of the meeting of October 19, 2017, were adopted and approved for tabling.


JOINT INTERPARLIAMENTARY COUNCIL


Parliamentary Associations’ Activities and Expenditures

André Gagnon and Colette Labrecque-Riel provided an overview and answered questions related to the 2016–2017 Parliamentary Associations’ Activities and Expenditures Report.


Enhanced Support for Parliamentary Associations

André Gagnon and Colette Labrecque-Riel presented the Joint Interparliamentary Council’s recommendation for enhanced support for parliamentary associations, specifically additional human resources and consequential permanent funding of $219,201 for the International and Interparliamentary Affairs Directorate, representing the House of Commons’ share as per the 70%-30% formula, for the 2018–2019 fiscal year and subsequent years, and answered questions.

Seeing no consensus, the Board proceeded to the next item of business.


PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT LONG TERM VISION AND PLAN


Sustaining Evolving Campus-Wide Operations

Benoit Giroux presented a request for additional human and financial resources in relation to evolving campus-wide operations under the Long Term Vision and Plan (LTVP) and answered questions.

The Board approved the following funding:

• Temporary funding in 2018–2019 of $2,755,447;

• Temporary funding in 2019–2020 of $2,149, 211;

• Temporary funding in 2020–2021 of $1,751,425; and

• Permanent funding in 2021–2022 of $1,422, 819.


Sustaining Evolving Campus-Wide Operations

Stephan Aubé presented a request for additional funding for the operation, maintenance and life-cycling of building components and connectivity assets related to the Long Term Vision and Plan (LTVP).

It being 1:00 p.m., the Board agreed to continue the discussion on this topic at its next meeting.


The meeting was adjourned.

Charles Robert
Secretary to the Board of Internal Economy