Conservatives, Bloc cite interpreter challenges to push for end to hybrid sittings

Liberal and NDP House leaders both spoke against the call for an early end to hybrid proceedings, pointing to the continued public health threat of COVID-19.

Conservative Whip Blaine Calkins, right, and Bloc Whip Claude DeBellefeuille, recently advocated for an end to the hybrid Parliament, citing challenges faced by interpreters, a suggestion Liberal House Leader Mark Holland and NDP House Leader Peter Julian have pushed back on. The Hill Times file photograph, photograph courtesy of Facebook, and The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

March 9, 2022

Amid continued discussion of the challenges, and injuries, being experienced by interpreters covering events with remote participants, Conservative Whip Blaine Calkins, backed by his Bloc Québécois counterpart, is calling for an early end to the House of Commons’ hybrid sitting arrangement. Dur...

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