Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Honourable committee members, I see a quorum. I must inform members that the clerk of the committee can only receive motions for the election of the chair. The clerk cannot receive other types of motions, cannot entertain points of order nor participate in debate. We can now p

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It has been moved by Mr. Battiste that Mr. Bratina be elected as chair of the committee. Are there any further motions?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Is it the pleasure of the committee to adopt the motion? (Motion agreed to) I declare the motion carried and Mr. Bratina duly elected chair of the committee.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I invite Mr. Bratina to take the chair.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Maybe while we're receiving the statements by the ministers, I can double-check with our technical teams to see if we would have more time.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We do not have any briefs.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  However, Mr. Schmale and Mr. Viersen have raised their hands.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm being asked if you could move your microphone slightly away.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Ms. Cloutier, if you look at the bottom of your screen, you will see a button for interpretation. When you speak French, you must click on the button and then select “Français”.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. We were told there was a problem with the phone lines being scrambled. They are resetting the phone lines right now.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Perhaps we should suspend for a moment while I try to get this sorted out.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm told that the languages are working well on ParlVU right now, if staff wish to listen there.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Perhaps we could hear a bit from Ms. Whitman right now so we can check the audio quality again to see if anything has improved. Ms. Whitman.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Ms. Belleau, may I ask you to look at the bottom of your screen? You'll see a “Participants” button and then an “Interpretation” button. If you click on the “Interpretation” button—it looks like a globe—you'll see “English” and “French”. Please select “English”. Then you'll be ab

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It has been resolved. The phone lines were reversed. Everything is good now.