Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
It is a real pleasure for me to be with you this evening.
I also want to sincerely thank the interpreters who are interpreting this evening's meeting and are doing an amazing job.
I am also a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, where we conducted a study, I believe a year ago, on the possibility of permanently establishing hybrid proceedings in Parliament and on the potential impact on translation and interpretation services. At that time, we heard very clearly that there was a shortage of staff in translation and interpretation services.
Mr. Lymburner, if we add a request like the one we're talking about here, will it be possible to continue the business of the House and the Senate between now and June, given the motion calling for the House to sit until midnight every night until the end of June and the fact that many committees are extending their sitting hours? That's not counting all the reports that have to be translated. So it will be chaos at the end of the session.
Do you have the capacity to respond to all those requests? Have you planned for them?
I wouldn't want all the business of the House and the Senate to stop.