[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᓕᒃ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇᖃᐃ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ. ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖅᑲᐅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᓲᕐᓗ ᒪᑯᐊ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᔪᒪᓂᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᕕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ. ᑭᐅᔭᐅᔪᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᕝᕕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᓂᐊᖅᐸᕋ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐱᕆᒍᒪ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᓗ, ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᓗ ᑲᑎᒃᑯᒃᑭᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᐅᕙᑕ? ᑖᓐᓇ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕈᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓂᓪᓕᕐᑯᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐱᖅᓱᕌᖓᑦᑕ. ᑖᑯᐊᒎᖅ ᐊᐅᓰᑦ ᓈᓴᐅᑎᐅᔪᑦ, ᓈᓴᐅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᑐᐃᓐᓇᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᓇᐅᖏᓛᒃ ᓂᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ. ᑭᐅᓪᓚᑦᑖᖃᑦᑕᖏᑦᑐᐃᑦ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᕈᒪᓵᖅᐳᖓ. ᐅᑯᐊᑦᑕᐅ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐃᑦ ᓈᓚᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᔪᒪᕙᒃᑲ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒋᔪᒪᒐᓗᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᖏᑦ ᓇᐅᒃ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖅᓴᖃᑎᒋᓪᓚᑦᑖᖏᑦᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ. ᓲᕐᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᕆᓂᖅ, ᐱᖃᑖ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑏᑦ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᔪᐊ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᓲᕐᓗ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᕌᖓᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᓐᖏᓗᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᓲᕐᓗ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᓯᐅᑰᑎ first nation ᓈᒻᒪᔅᓴᖏᒃᖢᑎᒡᒎ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᓐᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᓐᓂᐊᓚᐅᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᕐᒥᑦ long term reform ᑖᒃᑯᐊᒎᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓂᕈᓂᒎᖅ ᒪᓕᒃᓴᕋᔭᓚᐅᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᓇᐃᑎᐊᓐ Human Rights ᒪᓕᒋᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᑐᔾᔮᖏᓐᓇᒥᒎᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑦᑐᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᑕᒃᑲ. ᐃᓕᒃᓯ ᒥᓂᔅᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᒡᓗᓯ ᑭᐅᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᓯ ᓇᐅᖏᓛᒃ ᑭᐅᖃᑦᑕᖏᒃᖢᓯ ᓈᓚᑦᑎᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕌᖓᑦᑕ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᓂᓐᖓᐅᒪᓕᖔᖅᖢᑕ ᐅᕙᒍᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᒐᓱᒃᑲᓗᐊᖅᖢᑕ ᖃᓄᐊᓗᓪᓕ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓂᐊᓕᖅᐱᑕ. ᐅᓇ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᕋᓛᖑᓂᖅ ᐊᖅᑯᑕᐅᓇᓱᒋᐊᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒋᐊᖃᕐᓗᑕ ᖃᓄᐊᓗᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᐊᖅᐱᑕ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᔾᔮᖏᒃᑯᑦᑕ? ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Chairperson.
If I can, I'll continue on from my last comments and questions.
There's a difference between wanting an answer and just being told an answer. I'll give you this as an example. If I ask, “What's one plus one?”, what's the answer? The right answer would be two, but the answers we are getting are just numbers. They're just talking about the topic and not really answering the question. That's my first comment.
I want to tell these ministers, while they're listening, that we, as indigenous people, want to work toward reconciliation, but they're not working toward reconciliation. There are three items. The first two are funding and rights, and the third is having relations. For example, when there's an agreement with indigenous peoples, these are not enough. We've just heard that first nations are not happy. If it were to be signed, it would break our rights because they are not following the steps they need to be following.
As ministers, when you need to provide an answer, it leads us to frustration when we're not getting the answers. How are you going to answer these questions? Through this standing committee, we are trying to work together. How can we work together if you are not answering our questions properly?
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