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chief executive of House administration, the Secretary to the Board is the officer responsible for carrying out and enforcing the decisions of the Board in the name of the Speaker. As per Section 51 of the Parliament of Canada Act, the Clerk of the House of Commons serves as the Secretary to the Board. The current Secretary is Charles Robert.
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The Secretary to the Board is responsible for recording the results of questions put to the Board, and for responding to the requests of the Chair for clarification regarding parliamentary procedure and regulations; he or she also records the minutes of the sittings. In addition to this role, as the
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Sections 50(2)(a) and 50(2)(b) provide for the appointment of several additional members to the Board of Internal Economy, to represent the other recognized parties in the House of Commons (a recognized party is any with at least twelve seats in the House). If there is only one recognized party in
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is given an opportunity to sit on the Board under Section 50(2) of the Parliament of Canada Act; however, in modern times, the workload of the Opposition Leader necessitates the appointment of another member of the Opposition to represent
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In the event of the death, incapacity or unavoidable absence of the Speaker, then five members of the Board would constitute a quorum (one of whom would need to be a
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wherever a question before the Board cannot be decided. The Chair is counted when discerning the presence of a quorum.
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The Speaker of the House of Commons is the Chair of the Board of Internal Economy; the current Chair is
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An Act respecting the internal Economy of the House of Commons, and for other purposes
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As of October 2023, the membership in addition to the chair is as follows:
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The Chair is established by Section 50(1) of the Parliament of Canada Act.
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The Board of Internal Economy was established in 1868, with the passage of
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Administrative body of the Canadian House of Commons
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