Editing Hansard (section)

===Translation===
Given the [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]] nature of the Canadian federal government, two equivalent Canadian ''Hansard''s are maintained, one in [[French language|French]] and one in [[English language|English]]. This makes it a natural [[Parallel text alignment|parallel text]], and it is often used to train French–English [[machine translation]] programs. In addition to being already translated and aligned, the size of the ''Hansard''s and the fact that new material is always being added makes it an attractive [[text corpus|corpus]]. However, its usefulness is hindered by the fact that the translations, although accurate in meaning, are not always literally exact.

The Canadian ''Hansard'' records make note of the language used by the members of parliament, so as not to misinterpret the words of the person who has the floor. If the member speaks in French, the English ''Hansard'' records would state that the member spoke in French and refer the reader to the French ''Hansard'' record.

In one instance, during a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] [[filibuster]] in the [[Senate of Canada]], Senator [[Philippe Gigantès]] was accused of reading one of his books only so that he could get the translation for free through the ''Hansard''.<ref>Hoy, Claire. ''Nice Work: The Continuing Scandal of Canada's Senate'', p. 165</ref>