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Meeting Minutes

Monday, March 4, 2013

A meeting of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons was held on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:15 a.m., in Room 112-N, Centre Block.

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

Present: The Honourables Peter Van Loan, Gordon O'Connor and Rob Merrifield; Mr. Nathan Cullen; Mrs. Nycole Turmel and Ms. Judy Foote

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

Also Present: Mark Watters, Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Vickers, Sergeant-at-Arms; Richard Denis, Deputy Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; Pierre Parent, Chief Human Resources Officer; and Suzanne Verville, Secretariat

Tabling of Minutes

The minutes of the meeting of November 26, 2012 were approved for tabling .

Minutes of Previous Meeting

The minutes of the meeting of February 11, 2013 were adopted.

Security

The Board discussed a security matter, and agreed to consider it again at its next meeting.

Legal Matter

Further to its decision made on June 18, 2012 , the Board considered the matter and agreed to discuss it further at its next meeting.

Administration

The Board took note of the information regarding the implementation of accessible closed-captioning services for the televised proceedings of the House of Commons.

Information

The Board took note of a letter regarding the 127th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Quebec City in October 2012.

Members' Allowances and Services

Travel Points System

The Board took note of the upcoming changes to the Members' Expenditures Report .

Travel Rules

In the context of the Strategic and Operating Review (SOR), the Board approved the proposed application of policies as a result of the introduction of flight passes, effective April 1, 2013.

Employment and Salary Modernization 

The Board approved the proposed modernization of employment and salary policies for employees of Members, House Officers and National Caucus Research Offices.

The meeting was adjourned.

Audrey O'Brien
Secretary to the Board