[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᓯᒍᑦ ᖁᔭᓕᔭᐃᓐᓇᕆᔪᒪᕙᑦᓯ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᑦᓯ ᐊᑦᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓵᕐᒪᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᕚᓪᓕᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖅᑰᕋᑦᑕ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᐋ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑰᕐᒪᑕ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᔾᔨᕐᓇᖅᑎᖅᐹᓪᓕᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᑦᓯᐅᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᕗᖓ ᐋ ᐅᓇ ᐋᒻ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᐊᓐᑕᕕᔪᑏᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕈᑎᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᒃᓯᓐᓯ ᑲᓇᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᐋ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᕐᖑᑲᓐ-ᓂᓂᐊᖅᐸᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓘᑕᐅᒻᒪᖔᖅ ᓇᓕᖅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒪᖔᑦᓯ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᓂ-ᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᐅᒡᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᓐᖏᓗᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐋ ᑐᓗᖅᑕᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕋᐃᒍᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅ-ᐱᓯᐅᖅᑲᐃ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you to all the witnesses who have just spoken. Your comments are very important, and I think we all have a clearer understanding, especially in terms of indigenous people and voting.
Thank you for inviting me to speak as a witness. I have enjoyed listening to other witnesses regarding this important issue. As an Innu, I have always known that language and culture are intimately connected, but I have been intrigued by this system's attempt to isolate language in the context of voting. I believe the attempt to separate language and culture is another indication of the impacts of colonialism. While initially voter turnout may have been high, voter turnouts declined, and remained low for generations.
Can you speak to that in terms of funding?
[English]