Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᒪᒥᐊᓇᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᑦᑐᒪᒐᑦᑭᑦ ᐱᕕᑭᑦᑑᓗᐊᕋᑦᑕ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᔭᒃᑲ ᐱᕕᖃᔾᔮᓐᖏᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᖅᑲᖅᑎᒋᐊᖃᓵᒐᒃᑭ, ᐋ, ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᕙᒋᓪᓕ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᑦᓯᓐᓂ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᓯᒍᑦ ᖃᑦᓯᐊᕙᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᓱᓕ, ᖃᑦᓯᐊᕙᑕ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐃ ᓱᓕ, ᖃᑦᓯᐅᕙᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅ-ᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᕕᓃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᓱᓕ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

I'm sorry to stop you in the midst of your answer, but we have very little time.

I want to ask you, in your reserve, how many use their own language and how many practise their customs and traditions.

Do you have any numbers to validate the programs or anything of this kind?

[English]