[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᓖᒃ, ᐋᒻ, ᑐᑭᓯᐊᖅ, ᐊᐱᕆᓚᐅᓐᖏᓐᓂᕐᓂ ᐊᐱᕆ, ᐃᓛᒃ, ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒪᓪᓚᕆᒃᑲᒪᓕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ, ᐋ, ᐊᕐᓇᓐᖑᔾᔪᓯᓂᒃ ᕆᐸᓐ ᓯᑰᕐᑦᓂᒃ ribbon skirt ᐊᑐᓲᖑᓐᖏᒻᒪᑕ, ᐋᒻ, ᐃᓄᐃᒡᓕ ᐊᒪᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᓱᑎᒃ, ᑲᒦᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᓱᑎᒃ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᑕᑯᕋᕐᓂᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᐋᒻ, ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᓱᑎᒡᓗ. ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅᓴᐅᕗᖓ, ᐋᒻ, ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐱᕆᓕᖅᐸᑦᓯ ᔪᐊᕐᔾᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᕆᔅᑎᐳᕐ George and Christopher, ᐃᒪᓐᓇᓕ ᐃᓱᒪᓐᖏᓚᓰ ᑖᓐᓇ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᖑᖅᑎᑦᓯᒐᓱᖕᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᐃᒫᑎᑐᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
Before you ask any questions, I need to clarify that Inuit women do not use ribbon skirts as a tradition or culturally. Inuit use amautiit and kamiik. We use those as regalia. They're all handmade. I think that's understood. Inuit women do not use ribbon skirts.
I ask you now, George and Christopher, don't you think that you are using an assimilationist policy that governments have used over the years by lumping us all in one?
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