Thank you.
[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᐆᑮ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᓯᕗᕐᓕᕐᒥ ᑐᓐᖓᓱᑦᑎᑦᓱᒪᕙᑦᓯ, ᐋ, ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅ-ᑐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑦᓵᕋᑦᓯ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅᐳᑦ, ᐋ, ᐅᖃᐅᑎᕙ-ᒌᖅᐸᕋ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᑦ ᑭᐅᖁᓂᐊᕋᒃᑭ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ, ᐋ, ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᕋ, ᐋ, ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᖅᑎᓐᓇᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᓗᐊᕋᑦᑕ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖅᑲᑎᒌᑦᑎᑕᐅᒪᔪᑦᔪᒧᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᐃᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᓱᕋᑦᓴᐃᓯᒪᓇᓱᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᓂᒍᓐᓈᓂᓐᖏᓇᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᓱᓕ, ᐋ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑕᐅᓕᕐᓂᒍᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᒐᒃᑯᓕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑲᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ, ᐋ, ᐃᓅᓯᖃᑎᒌᑦᓯᐊᕐᔫᒥᓕᕐᓗᑕᓗ ᐃᓅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕚᓪᓕᕋᔭᖅᑰᕐᒪᑦ, ᐊᐱᕆᕙᑦᓯ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᑖᓐᓇ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖏᑦ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᓕᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖃᑕᐅᒻᒪᖔᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
First of all, I want to welcome the witnesses and thank you for your testimony. I like what I'm hearing, but I'm going to ask you to answer my questions individually.
The question pertains to the time when we lived on the land before missionaries came. We had existing laws and, since the missionaries and foreigners have come, our laws have been changed and disregarded. We indigenous people would like to see those laws that we had revived, because we can move toward reconciliation by reviving the laws that we had.
Is this considered an important aspect of reconciliation? Is there going to be research or a study done on the laws that existed before missionaries and foreigners came?
[English]