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44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 18, 2024
The Chair (Mr. Peter Schiefke (Vaudreuil—Soulanges, Lib.))
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I call this meeting to order. Welcome to meeting number 110 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Monday, November 20, 2023, the committee is meeting to study accessible transportation for persons with disabilities. Today’s meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons, and therefore members may attend in person in the room or remotely using the Zoom application. Although this room is equipped with a sophisticated audio system, feedback events can occur and can be extremely harmful to interpreters, causing serious injuries. The most common cause of sound feedback is an earpiece worn too close to a microphone. I therefore ask all participants to exercise a high degree of caution when handling the earpieces, especially when your microphone or your neighbour's is turned on. In order to prevent incidents and safeguard the hearing health of our interpreters, I invite participants to ensure that they speak into the microphone that is plugged into their headset and to avoid manipulating the earbuds by placing them on the table away from the microphone when they are not in use. Colleagues, for the first hour of today's meeting, we have appearing before us as witnesses, from ARCH Disability Law Centre, Mr. Gabriel Reznick, staff lawyer, by video conference. Welcome to you, sir. From Disability Without Poverty, we have Ms. Michelle Hewitt, chair. Welcome to you. As an individual appearing before us, we have Mr. Max Brault, senior consultant. Welcome to you, sir. We're going to begin our opening remarks. For that, I will turn the floor over to you, Ms. Hewitt. You have five minutes, please.
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