Sonia Sidhu at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 18th, 2018. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2018 / 10:10 a.m.

Liberal

Sonia Sidhu Liberal Brampton South, ON

Thank you, Chair.

Thank you to all the panellists for being here.

I'm pleased to see a sign language interpreter present at committee today. I met with hearing-impaired Canadians who told me that the United States has sign language interpretation for emergency alert broadcasts for things that happen, like natural disasters, but the same service is not offered in Canada. That is a concern.

Is that an issue raised by those with a disability?

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