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Meeting Minutes

Thursday, February 17, 2022

A meeting of the Board of Internal Economy of the House of Commons was held on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., in Room 225-A, West Block.

In the Chair: The Honourable Anthony Rota, Speaker of the House of Commons

Present: The Honourables Mark Holland, Dominic LeBlanc, and Steven MacKinnon; Ms. Ruby Sahota, Mr. John Brassard, Mr. Blaine Calkins, Ms. Claude DeBellefeuille, and Mr. 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; Eric Janse, Deputy Clerk, Procedure; Ian McDonald, Clerk Assistant, Committees and Legislative Services Directorate; Scott Lemoine, Principal Clerk, Committees; Stéphan Aubé, Chief Information Officer; Lucie Séguin, Chief Executive Officer, Translation Bureau; Matthew Ball, Vice-President, Services to Parliament and Interpretation Sector, Translation Bureau; Pat McDonell, Sergeant-at-Arms; Michel Denault, Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms; Michelle Laframboise, Chief Human Resources Officer; and Guillaume La Perrière-Marcoux, Secretariat

MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS

The minutes of the meeting of February 10, 2022, were approved for tabling.


At 11:04 a.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 11:07 a.m., the meeting resumed in camera.


SECURITY MATTERS

The Board discussed a security matter.


At 11:48 a.m., the meeting resumed in public.


BUSINESS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

The Board took note of correspondence distributed since its last meeting.

Board members discussed concerns regarding hybrid committee proceedings. The Board agreed that these concerns, including the importance for committees to follow guidelines for hybrid meetings, be shared with the Liaison Committee. The Board requested that the Administration continue providing the virtual committees’ dashboard to it and agreed that the list of technical sound incidents be analyzed by the Administration.


TRANSLATION BUREAU – RESOURCE UTILISATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETATION

Lucie Séguin, Chief Executive Officer, and Matthew Ball, Vice-President, Services to Parliament and Interpretation Sector, both from the Translation Bureau, made a presentation and answered questions.

The Board requested that discussions with respect to this item continue at its next meeting.


The meeting was adjourned at 1:01 p.m.

Charles Robert
Secretary to the Board of Internal Economy