Procedure and House Affairs Committee on March 20th, 2018

Evidence of meeting #93 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was interpretation.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Use of Indigenous Languages in Proceedings of the House of Commons

Members speaking

Before the committee

Charles Robert Clerk of the House of Commons

André Gagnon Deputy Clerk, Procedure

1 p.m.

Some hon. members

Hear, hear!

1 p.m.

NDP

Romeo Saganash NDP Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC

In that sense, it's going to be, of course, a historic moment, but I think it's going to be a victory for Canada.

1 p.m.

Liberal

Filomena Tassi Liberal Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, ON

Very good. Thank you.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

Thank you.

David.

1 p.m.

NDP

David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Chair, just before you bring us to a conclusion, there was a reference to the Cree Language Commission. Could I just ask the researchers to give us a little background on that? That may prove helpful.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Larry Bagnell

Thank you very much, yimstimagesu, for coming here.

I also thank Priscilla Bossum, the interpreter, for coming today. This is historic translation.

Thank you to all the committee members for this excellent exercise.

The meeting is adjourned.