Good morning. Welcome to the 97th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. This morning, we pursue our study of the use of indigenous languages in the proceedings of the House of Commons. We are pleased to be joined by officials from two government departments. These aren't the ones that provide translation; these are other ones that have an interest in this.
Our witnesses are, from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Hubert Lussier, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship, Heritage and Regions; and William Fizet, Director General, Citizen Participation. We also have, from Statistics Canada, Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division; Pamela Best, Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division; and Vivian O'Donnell, Analyst, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division.
Thank you for being here.
I'll now turn the floor over to Mr. Fizet for his open statement, to be followed by Mr. Corbeil.