[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑖᖅ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᑭᓚᒻ, ᐋ, ᖃᖔᓗᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒐᒃᑭ, ᑕᐃᒃᓱᒪᓂ ᓂᐅᔪᐊᒃᒥ ᑕᑰᑎᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᓐᓄ, ᐋ, ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥ ᔪᓇᐃᑕᑦ ᓇᐃᓴᓐᔅᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᓂ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓕᕆᔭᖅᑐᖅᑎᒡᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᑯᔭᕆᐅᖅᑰᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᒃᑭ, ᐋ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᖓᓂ ᐅᐱᒋᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓱᒋ, ᐋᒻ, ᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪ, ᐃᓛ, ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᓵᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ, ᐋ, ᓂᐊᑏᐲᖑᖃᑎᒃᑲ ᐅᕙᓐᓂ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ, ᐋ, ᒪᓕᑦᑎᐅᓪᓗᖓ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯ-ᒪᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓱᕐᓗ ᐅᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᐃᓐᓇᑕᒃᑲ, ᐋ, ᒫᒃ ᒥᓘᕐ, ᐋᒻ, ᐹᑎ ᕼᐊᑦᑐᕉ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᐋᒻ, ᑭᓇᐃᓐᓇ, ᐋ, ᑖᓐ ᐹᓐᑎᐅᓪ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒥᓂᔅᑑᔪᐃᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖃᑦᑕᑕᒃᑲ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ, ᐋᒻ, ᐃᓛ ᐊᖏᔪᐊᓗᒻᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖃᖅᐸᒃᑑᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑐᖓ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᖓᓂᒃ ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋ, ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᐃᑦ, ᐋ, ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑎᒋᔭ-ᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᕙᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᐅᓪ ᓰ-29ᒥᒃ, ᐋᒻ, 10-1-ᓯ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ, ᑖᓐᓇᒎᖅ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᒪᐃᑏ ᓈᓴᓄᓪ ᑲᐅᓐᓲᓪᑯᓐᓃᖔᖅᑐᒥᒃ, ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᔪᖓᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑎᒥᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᔭᑎᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᔭᕋ, ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑰᒋᓐᖏᑕᑎᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᔭᕋ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᖃᑕᕙᑦᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᒋᔾᔫᔮᒋᓐᖏᒃᐱᐅᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓ ᐊᒃᓱᓪ-ᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᐃᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's been a long time since I last saw you. I think it was in New York, when the United Nations met to address issues of the indigenous peoples. I think that was the first time we met.
When I became a member of Parliament, the members of the NDP appointed me to monitor or to work with Mark Miller and to become a member of this committee in terms of indigenous and northern affairs. I monitor the work that's being done by the ministers. I always have a huge task, and I'm learning along the way. I am just learning about the issues that Métis nations face.
It states here in Bill C-29, under paragraph 10(1)(c), that one member will be from the Métis National Council. I understand that you identify this as just a body, and not as part of the government. Now, when there is a member of the Métis nation, aren't you concerned that in terms of the reconciliation process, the Métis nation will not be represented in the reconciliation process?
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