Good evening. Welcome to the 104th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs as we continue our study on the use of indigenous languages in proceedings of the House of Commons.
We are pleased to be joined by Michael Tatham, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia. He is appearing by video conference from Darwin, Australia, where it is early tomorrow morning.
Let me just remind committee members that tomorrow we have a meeting at the regular time. The first hour is on indigenous languages. The second hour is on committee business. You probably don't have that notice yet.
Thank you for making yourself available and changing the time. We got stuck with a whole bunch of votes. I'm sure you understand that.
If you could make an opening statement, that would be great.