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=== Meeting times and procedures ===
The House usually sits Monday to Friday from late January to mid-June and from mid-September to mid-December according to an established calendar, though it can modify the calendar if additional or fewer sittings are required.<ref name="GUIDE"/> During these periods, the House generally rises for one week per month to allow members to work in their constituencies. Sittings of the House are open to the public. Proceedings are broadcast over cable and satellite television and over live [[streaming media|streaming video]] on the Internet by [[CPAC (TV channel)|CPAC]] owned by a consortium of Canadian cable companies. They are also recorded in text form in print and online in [[Hansard]], the official report of parliamentary debates.

The ''Constitution Act, 1867'' establishes a [[quorum]] of twenty members (including the member presiding) for the House of Commons. Any member may request a count of the members to ascertain the presence of a quorum; if however, the speaker feels that at least twenty members are clearly in the Chamber, the request may be denied. If a count does occur, and reveals that fewer than twenty members are present, the speaker orders bells to be rung, so that other members on the parliamentary precincts may come to the Chamber. If, after a second count, a quorum is still not present, the speaker must adjourn the House until the next sitting day.

The member of the Government responsible for steering legislation through the House is [[Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)|leader of the Government in the House of Commons]]. The ''government house leader'' (as they are more commonly known) is a member of Parliament selected by the prime minister and holds cabinet rank. The leader manages the schedule of the House of Commons and attempts to secure the Opposition's support for the Government's legislative agenda.