Declaration of Emergency committee  Now I understand the Rouleau Commission’s report: he didn’t have time to read the evidence.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I’m coming back to the question asked by my parliamentary colleague, Mr. Fortin. On June 13, 2023, the committee passed a motion to suspend its proceedings until the documents on the Rouleau Commission’s website were translated. We then sent the motion to ask for the translation.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Regardless, you did nothing during the summer, and we had to follow up with you in October. We were all here, wondering what the Privy Council Office was doing about it and if we would eventually get the translated documents. We are the ones who had to follow up with you, and that’s when we got an answer.

Declaration of Emergency committee  At what point did you realize the documentation published on the website was not translated?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Can you commit to sending us the French version of the cabinet minutes that were sent to the Rouleau commission?

Declaration of Emergency committee  It seems that cabinet minutes were given to the Rouleau commission in English only. You put them on the translation list. When I sat on a cabinet committee, the documents were in French and English. Has the Trudeau government changed this practice and is operating solely in English?

Declaration of Emergency committee  These are the documents that were provided to the Rouleau commission in English only.

Declaration of Emergency committee  So it would be easy to have them in French. The note that was given to the Prime Minister for his decision-making is in English only.

Declaration of Emergency committee  He received mine, I suppose.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, I did.

Declaration of Emergency committee  I did complain. I made a complaint.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Regardless of whether it was translated or not, there must have been someone who made the list of exhibits. How did they operate at the Rouleau commission?

Declaration of Emergency committee  Let's talk about the testimony. Can you explain to me how it is that the French testimony was translated into English, even though it took some time, but the English testimony was not translated into French? We have people who translate for the committee. Tomorrow morning, we will receive the “blues”, the transcript of the testimony.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Yes, but you are there to advise those people. Think about that poor judge who gets appointed as a commissioner. When he takes office, he has to set up his office. We saw that with Commissioner Hogue. It took a long time for her to get set up. She was used to the Quebec Court of Appeal.

Declaration of Emergency committee  Why is it not mandatory? It should be. This commission is an institution that was created by order in council and is subject to the Official Languages Act. It was your responsibility to support that commission and to ensure that the documents were translated, that the testimony was translated and that everything posted on the website was translated.