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Last March, Monfwi MLA Jackson Lafferty was silenced because a Tłı̨chǫ interpreter was not present in the house. A legislative committee suggested Tuesday that shouldn t happen again.
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Committee revisited a 2020 incident when no Tłı̨chǫ interpreter was available, and the house carried on
Posted: Feb 10, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 10
In March of 2020, MLA Jackson Lafferty was asked to apologize after the Speaker ruled he had made comments that were inappropriate and unparliamentary in the house. He declined because no Tlicho language interpreter was available. (Mario De Ciccio/Radio-Canada)