1. The Scientific Committee is an advisory body to the Governing Board and shall conduct its activities in close liaison and with the support of the Executive Office.

2. The Secretariat shall assist the Steering Committee and the Executive Academic Board, carry out administrative tasks in support of their activities, and provide support for the organisation of the ESDC training activities that take place in Brussels.

The House resumed consideration of the motion, as amended, of Mr. Grewal (Surrey Central) , seconded by Mr. Macklin (Northumberland) , — That the House direct the Chief Electoral Officer and Elections Canada to expand its initiatives to promote the participation of young Canadians in the electoral process and that these initiatives include making available educational material to schools and other organizations and supporting parallel voting opportunities for prospective electors during federal elections, including making available po ...[+++]lling materials and the publication of results of such parallel voting, and that Elections Canada work creatively with such groups as Kids Voting Canada, Scouts Canada, Guides Canada, teachers and others and provide regular reports on these matters to the House of Commons through the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

“the House direct the Chief Electoral Officer and Elections Canada to expand its initiatives to promote the participation of young Canadians in the electoral process and that these initiatives include making available educational material to schools and other organizations and supporting parallel voting opportunities for prospective electors during federal elections, including making available polling materials and the publication of results of such parallel voting, and that Elections Canada work creatively with such groups as Kids Voting Canada, Scouts Canada, Guides Canada, t ...[+++]eachers and others and provide regular reports on these matters to the House of Commons through the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs”.

That the House direct the Chief Electoral Officer and Elections Canada to expand its initiatives to promote the participation of young Canadians in the electoral process, and that these initiatives include making available educational material to schools and other organizations, and supporting parallel voting opportunities for prospective electors during federal elections, including making available polling materials and the publication of results of such parallel voting, and that Elections Canada work creatively with such groups as Kids Voting Canada, Scouts Canada, Guides Canada, t ...[+++]eachers and others, and provide regular reports on these matters to the House of Commons through the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

4. shares the Supervisory Committee's analysis as to the need to improve methods and procedures to make OLAF's operational activity more effective; in particular, supports the efforts made by the Director of OLAF to improve transparency in the management of operational activities, and notably to step up his monitoring of the opening of investigations and the transmission of files to disciplinary or judicial authorities; supports the assignment of magistrates, within OLAF, responsible for providing legal advice and support, particula ...[+++]rly in order to rationalise the conduct of investigations and to guarantee the quality of reports;