Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑖᖅ, ᐋ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᑎᑦ, ᐋ, ᐊᔾᔨᐅ-ᖏᑦᑐᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓵᒐᒪ, ᐋᒻ, ᑐᓴᖅᓯᒪᒐᔪᓐᖏᕕᔾᔪᐊᖅᑕᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕋᕕᑦ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔫᖃᑎᒃᑲ, ᐋᒻ, ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᕆᑦᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᐊᑐᖅᓯᒪᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᒻᒪᕆᑦᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᖑᖅᑎᑕᐅᓇᓱᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊᕌᓗᐃᑦ, ᑖᓐᓇ, ᐋ ᑎᒥᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ, ᐋ, ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᐸᑕ ᐋᖅᑭᑦᓱᐃᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔨᐅᓗᑎᓪᓗ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑳᕈᒪᓵᖅᓱᖓ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ, ᐋ, ᐊᐱᕆᒍᒪ-ᕙᒋᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᒐᑦᓴᖅ ᓰ-29, ᐋ, ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᓚᐅᖅᐱᐅᒃ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you, Chairman.

I am hearing something very different from what I have heard before. My fellow indigenous people have been advised that we were forced to speak English and not allowed to use our own language. Now there have been certain committees appointed to try to work out these issues.

First, I want to ask you, with regard to Bill C-29, how you understand it.

[English]