The witnesses made statements and answered questions.

Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay moved, — That all documents submitted for committee business that do not come from a federal department or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau be sent for prior linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members.

It was agreed, — that the motion be amended by adding the words “a Member of Parliament’s office, a political party research office” after the word “department”.

The Committee resumed consideration of the motion, as amended, of Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That all documents submitted for committee business that do not come from a federal department, a member of Parliament’s office or a political party research office, or that have not been translated by the Translation Bureau be sent for prior linguistic review by the Translation Bureau before being distributed to members.

On motion of Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, it was agreed, — That the clerk inform each witness who is to appear before the committee that the House Administration support team must conduct technical tests to check the connectivity and the equipment used to ensure the best possible sound quality; and that the Chair advise the committee, at the start of each meeting, of any witness who did not perform the required technical tests.