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House Hansard - 272

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 31, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 272 - Jan/31/24
Mr. Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre, Lib.)
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today with a heavy heart to remember a member of my community of Ottawa Centre who has tragically passed away after giving so much to this place as a member of the Parliamentary Translation Services team. Katey Thompson was a Hansard translator who spent 16 years working diligently to provide us all with the expert-level translation services we have come to expect in the House. Over the course of her work, Katey contributed substantially to our Parliamentary record. While she may have left us at the too-young age of 41, her translations will live on forever in the historical record of our democracy. Her family, her colleagues and her entire community here in Ottawa Centre and at home in Thunder Bay are so proud of her. While she was taken away from this world too soon, Katey had an incredible impact on the people she worked with. I would like to take this opportunity to say a final thanks to Katey and to celebrate the work she has done.
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