The Use of Indigenous Languages in Proceedings of the House of Common and Committees /

THE USE OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND COMMITTEES Report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs The Honourable Larry Bagnell, Chair JUNE 2018 42nd PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION Published under the authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons SPEAKER’S PERMISSION The proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees are hereby made available [...] The parliamentary privilege of the House of Commons to control the publication and broadcast of the proceedings of the House of Commons and its Committees is nonetheless reserved. [...] The Committee heard that the right to freedom of expression includes the ability to use the language of one’s choice: The "freedom of expression" guaranteed by s. 2 (b) of the Canadian Charter and s. 3 of the Quebec Charter includes the freedom to express oneself in the language of one's choice. [...] C. Procedure and practice for use of languages other than English and French in the House of Commons There are a few references in the Standing Orders of the House of Commons to official languages and other languages, in terms of their use in the proceedings of the House and its committees. [...] Indigenous languages used in proceedings: transcription in the official records of the House of Commons The Committee recommends that the written text of an Indigenous language speech made in the House be inserted at a later date, but not later than the end of a Parliament, into both the English and French versions of the Debates (Hansard) of the House of Commons, ahead of the same words in the