Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᓕᒃ. ᐅᓇ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓ ᑯᕆᔅ ᒨᓂᐊᔅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᓂᔅᑳᓐᑎᑳᓐᓂᒃᑯᓐᓃᓐᖔᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᖅ 61 ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᔾᔪᐊᕐᒥᑦ ᓱᓇᐅᕝᕙ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕈᓐᓇᓚᐅᓐᖏᓐᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᒻᒪᕆᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᓄᖑᓴᐃᒻᒪᕆᑦᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑎᖑᓛᒻᒪᕆᑉᐳᖅ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐱᕆᓕᖅᐸᔅᓯ, ᑖᓇ ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᖃᓄᐊᓗᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᐸ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᖅᑲᖅᑐᐃᕕᒃᑰᖅᑎᑦᑎᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᒃ ᖃᓄᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᓐᖏᓚᒃ ᑖᒃᓱᒥᖓ ᓴᖅᑮᒐᓱᒃᑎᒡᓗᓯ C61−ᒧᑦ?

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you, Chair.

Chief Chris Moonias of Neskantaga Nation said after Bill C-61 was introduced that he did not get the chance to review it before it was tabled. He said that this is colonialism at its finest. How was this bill allowed to proceed without the consultation of one of the main plaintiffs on this Bill C-61?

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