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Meeting Minutes

Monday, October 3, 2011

A meeting of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons was held on Monday, October 3, 2011 at 11:30 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. Thomas Mulcair; Ms. Chris Charlton and Judy Foote

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

Also Present: Rob Walsh, Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel; Mark Watters, Chief Financial Officer; Marie Nadeau, Director, External Audit Coordination; John Wiersema, Interim Auditor General of Canada; Gordon Stock, Audit Principal, Auditor General of Canada; Casey Thomas, Audit Director, Auditor General of Canada; and Suzanne Verville, Secretariat

Tabling of Minutes

The minutes of the meeting of June 20, 2011 were approved for tabling .

Minutes of Previous Meetings

The minutes of the meeting of September 26, 2011 were adopted.

Legal Matter

The Board was briefed regarding the prohibition against using parliamentary resources for provincial electoral purposes. After discussion, the Board requested further information on a specific case to be discussed at the next meeting.

Auditor General

The Board was briefed on a request made by the Auditor General .

Members' Allowances and Services

Constituency Office – Moving Expenses

The Board discussed the policy regarding expenses for moving constituency offices at the demand of the landlord, and requested further information to be discussed at the next meeting.

The meeting was adjourned.

Audrey O'Brien
Secretary to the Board