Good morning. Welcome to the 99th meeting of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, as we pursue our study on the use of indigenous languages in proceedings in the House of Commons.
We are pleased to be joined by Dr. Arok Wolvengrey, Professor in Algonquian Languages and Linguistics, Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts, and Cultures at the First Nations University of Canada. Dr. Wolvengrey is appearing by video conference from Regina.
We're on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquins.
The opening statement will be in Cree. People might want to put on the earpieces to hear the translation.
Dr. Wolvengrey, thank you very much for joining us. This will be very helpful and we'll let you do some opening comments.