Official Languages committee  In fact, Canada's two official languages, the English language and the French language, are spoken in the communities where we teach them. Ninety-nine per cent of the time, my children speak English, which means that they speak French 1% of the time. It is because of assimilation

Official Languages committee  Thank you. When I'm asked questions that are very open, my mind expands. When you're talking about the North-West Mounted Police, “simâkanis” is “police” in Cree. My great-grandfather, Edward "Maakun" Fleury, was in the North-West Mounted Police. It stayed in our family until my

Official Languages committee  Let me take a step back in time to tell you my story. I've never had the opportunity to talk about my people's place in Canada's history. We certainly didn't talk about it in classes at school. My children live in an anglophone community so they don't have this opportunity eithe

Official Languages committee  First of all, I'd like to express myself in my language and give you an actual example to answer your question. [Witness speaks in his native language] I've answered you in my language. Historically that's how we used to speak. Our language was used in various ways, and it was

Official Languages committee  Thank you very much.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Good morning. My name is Norman Fleury. I am very pleased to be with you today to talk about the importance of our language, Michif. For our nation, the Michifs of Canada, it is important to preserve our language, to keep it and to document all of our stories in Canad

Official Languages committee  Our language is mainly associated with French. There are voyageurs songs, songs by Pierre Falcon, music and dance. It is all associated with dances from Europe, from Canada, and with the language. French has never been forgotten and it needs to be preserved. Michifs speak all of