An American Sign Language interpreter signs alongside an emergency management official during a Hurricane Florence update on CNN. In Canada, the main sign languages are American Sign Language (ASL); langue des signes québécoise (LSQ); Indigenous Sign Language (ISL); and Inuit Sign Language, recognized by the government of Nunavut. He would like to see Canada follow the example of Israel, Australia and New Zealand, where critical news broadcasts include live on-screen sign language interpreters. "To see broadcasts during national disasters, from the Prime Minister's Office to the premier to the mayor, so that there are protocols and they have emergency interpreters on call lists for such emergencies," he said. He's now with the Canadian Hearing Society and wants to see TV and internet broadcasts include sign language interpreters in times of national emergency.

Source: CBC News September 27, 2018 08:00 UTC