Regarding technical tests for witnesses, I move as follows:
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.
If I may, Madam Chair, I'd like to say something on this matter.
What happened a lot in other committees was that witnesses or committee members did not have the time to do the necessary tests before the start of the meeting, and it was extremely disruptive. For the health and safety of the interpreters, we have to make sure that committee members and witnesses do the required testing before the meeting and that everything is working as it should. In the fall, the situation was awful on the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology. Committee clerks need to do whatever is necessary to make sure that the testing is done before—not during—the meeting.
Madam Chair, I ask that you see to it that the testing is done before the start of the meeting.