I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 102 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Official Languages.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, April 29, 2024, the committee is commencing consideration of the Annual Report 2023-24 of the Commissioner of Official Languages, submitted to the committee on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Before we begin, I ask all participants to review the card on the table before them. It provides instructions on how to avoid causing acoustic incidents in order to protect our interpreters' ears.
Today we have the Commissioner of Official Languages, Mr. Théberge, who is accompanied by Mr. Leduc, assistant commissioner, who is responsible for strategic orientation and external relations branch; and Mr. Wolfe, assistant commissioner, who is responsible for the compliance and enforcement branch.
This is your first appearance before our committee. Welcome.
We are starting the committee a bit late as a result of the voting.
Commissioner, I believe you have to leave us around 5:45 p.m. Is that correct?