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House Hansard - 328

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 10, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 328 - Jun/10/24
The Speaker
  • Jun/10/24 3:39:58 p.m.
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Colleagues, I thank you for the patience you showed while we made changes to our process. I would like to thank all members for their patience. Before we continue with question period, I would like to just take a moment to explain the delay. First of all, I would like to reassure all members, as many members have come up to the Chair wanting to know if any interpreter had been injured. I am pleased and relieved to report that no interpreters were injured as a result of this feedback. We do have a protocol in place to ensure workplace safety for our interpreters. The Larsen effect is a very serious effect for our interpreters. Their ears are their tools, and their ears help us, of course, do the work that we do here in the House. I am going to ask members, out of an abundance of caution, that if their earphone is not on their ear, to please put them in the desk. That way, we will ensure that interpreters are not injured in the House of Commons. I would also like to thank our new team of interpreters. As per protocol, when a situation like this arises, a new team is put in place. Let us thank these interpreters for their work. Also, one last thing, thank goodness we have the clerk to remind me. Members will find that the default setting on their earphones has now been set to low. So for those who are expecting interpretation, they will have to turn up the microphone. We will continue where we left off. The hon. member for Thornhill, from the top.
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