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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 99
Thursday, April 26, 2018, 11:03 a.m. to 1:05 p.m.
Presiding
Hon. Larry Bagnell, Chair (Liberal)

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• Hon. K. Kellie Leitch for John Nater (Conservative)
• Romeo Saganash for David Christopherson (NDP)
Library of Parliament
• Andre Barnes, Analyst
• Michaela Keenan-Pelletier, Analyst
Use of Indigenous Languages in Proceedings of the House of Commons
First Nations University of Canada
• Arok Wolvengrey, Professor, Algonquian Languages and Linguistics, Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures
Assembly of First Nations
• National Chief Perry Bellegarde
• Miranda Huron, Director of Languages
• Roger Jones, Special Advisor to the National Chief
As an individual
• Ellen Gabriel
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(a)(iii) and the motion adopted by the Committee on Thursday, November 2, 2017, the Committee resumed its study of the use of Indigenous languages in proceedings of the House of Commons.

Arok Wolvengrey, by videoconference from Regina, Saskatchewan, made a statement and answered questions.

At 11:25 a.m., Blake Richards took the Chair.

At 11:45 a.m., Larry Bagnell took the Chair.

At 11:55 a.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 12:03 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Perry Bellegarde and Ellen Gabriel, by videoconference from Kanesatake, Quebec, made statements and, with Roger Jones and Miranda Huron, answered questions.

At 1:05 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Andrew Lauzon
Clerk of the Committee