Pursuant to notice of November 21, 2023, moved:

1.That the Senate Administrative Rules be amended in Chapter 2:06 by adding the following after section 14:

“Disclosure of video footage

14.1 Despite anything else in this Chapter, the person responsible for the Senate’s corporate security, or their designate, may, upon written request, disclose Senate-controlled video footage recorded for security purposes to the House of Commons, the Parliamentary Protective Service or to a law enforcement or intelligence agency operating under the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada or a province or territory if that footage does not depict a senator or a Senate proceeding or disclose confidential or privileged information or an individual’s personal information beyond their location, appearance and activities at a particular time.”; and

2.That the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel be authorized to make any necessary technical, editorial, grammatical or other required, non-substantive changes to the Senate Administrative Rules as a result of these amendments, including the updating of cross-references and the renumbering of provisions.

She said: Honourable senators, this motion simply proposes to make consequential amendments to the Senate Administrative Rules, or SARs, to authorize the director of corporate security or their designate to release Senate-owned video footage to third‑party security or law enforcement entities.

As Senate-owned video footage is considered a record under the Senate Administrative Rules, permission from the Internal Economy Committee is currently required to release it. The proposed amendment will streamline the approval process and allow corporate security to release upon request video footage to trusted third-party entities, provided that the footage does not depict a senator or Senate proceedings or disclose confidential or privileged information or an individual’s personal information beyond their location, appearance and activities at a particular time.

Yes.

No. It’s the cameras that are outside of the building, in the precinct.