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- The Conservative Party of Canada made a written application on April 6, 2005, supplemented by an oral submission on April 7, 2005 and, a further request on April 12, 2005 for:
- Additional funding to enable its Counsel to attend the proceedings before the Commission; and
- Permitting its Counsel on occasion to attend the hearings at Place Guy Favreau in Montreal through teleconferencing, videoconferencing or other similar technology.
- The Commissioner has ruled in favour of the Conservative Party's application and makes recommendation to the Treasury Board to amend the previous ruling of July 19, 2004, to take effect as and from April 6, 2005, as follows:
- Change a) to read:
- funding is recommended for one junior and one senior lawyer. The junior lawyer will work under the supervision of the senior lawyer who will make decisions and present closing submissions to the Inquiry;
- Item b) to remain unchanged:
- funding is recommended for pre-hearing preparation limited to 40 hours of work for each lawyer, and for suggestions from time to time to Commission counsel and related representatives limited to 40 hours of work by the senior lawyer;
- Change c) to read:
- funding is recommended for the review of daily transcripts and documents limited to three hours per day for the junior lawyer or one hour per day for the senior lawyer; in the alternative funding is recommended for one legal counsel to prepare and attend the hearings either in person or through teleconferencing, videoconferencing or other similar technology, to a limit of 8 hours per day;
- Change d) to read:
- funding is recommended for necessary expenses and travel;
- Item e) remains unchanged:
- funding is recommended for the preparation and presentation of closing submissions limited to 30 hours for each lawyer.
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John H. Gomery, Commissioner
Dated April 6, 2005 |
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