Inuktitut.
Evidence of meeting #23 for Official Languages in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was yukon.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #23 for Official Languages in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was yukon.
A recording is available from Parliament.
10:20 a.m.
Conservative
Daniel Petit Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Yes. Does the Yukon territorial constitution recognize two or three languages? I'm talking about the territorial constitution, not the federal one.
10:20 a.m.
Acting Director General, Association franco-yukonnaise
The Yukon Languages Act recognizes French, English and the aboriginal languages. Yukon has no Inuit population, but it does have an aboriginal population made up of a number of nations that speak various languages.
10:20 a.m.
Conservative
Daniel Petit Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Do they all have the same status territorially?
10:20 a.m.
Acting Director General, Association franco-yukonnaise
I don't want to speak for them. The act gives them all the same status.
10:20 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Steven Blaney
Thank you very much.
That brings our meeting to an end. On behalf of committee members, I would like to thank you for your refreshing candour, which is not unlike the weather. We found the pot of gold this morning: the smallest francophone community in Canada. You practically deserve our applause, but I will leave that up to the discretion of committee members.
10:20 a.m.
Some voices
Hear, hear!
10:20 a.m.
Acting Director General, Association franco-yukonnaise
You are all welcome in our community any time. Don't be shy. It's not cold in the summer; it's actually very nice.