[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᐄ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᐋ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒃᑯᓱᐊᓗᒃ, ᐋ, ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ ᖁᔭᓕᒍᒪᕙᑦᓯ, ᐋ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᐅᓯ-ᕆᔭᒃᓯ, ᐋ, ᓱᓕᔪᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᒃᑕᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ, ᐋ, ᐅᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕋᑦᓯ, ᐋᒻ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᖓᓂᒃ, ᐋ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐅᖃᑎᒋᓕᖅᑕᒃᑲ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᐃᓐ, ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑕᐅ-ᖏᓐᓇᐅᔭᕋᑦᑕ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᑦᓴᖃᒑᕌᒐᒥᒃ ᐊᒃᑐᐊᖓᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᑲᔪᓯᑦ-ᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖏᓐᒪᑕ ᐃᑲᔪᑦᑎᐊᖃᑦᑕᖏᒻᒪᑕ ᐊᐃᑦᑖᖑ-ᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓕᕋᑦᑕ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᒡᓗᒍ, ᐋᒻ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᖅᑐᐃᒐᔭᖅᐱᓯ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅ-ᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᔾᔮᖏᒃᑯᑦᑎᒍ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᓯᔾᔩᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖓᓲ-ᔪᐃᖅᑲᐃ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐸᑕ ᐅᓇ, ᐋ, ᐅᕙᓂ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᕌᓪᓚᓚᐅᕐᓗᓂ ᓰᑉ ᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖓᔪᐊᑦ, ᐋᒻ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you.
First, I thank all of you who spoke and gave this presentation today.
I am aware of what you said and what you stated as your needs. You have confirmed those needs. I want to remind committee members here that we are well informed on the federal government, and that when they have responsibilities that impact indigenous people, there is very little will and there is very little commitment. It's too bad.
Keeping that in mind, we all know that under the truth and reconciliation objectives we have to be more committed to ensuring that indigenous languages will not be lost, that they will be revived. What can the federal government do to help us ensure that we do not lose them, and that we continue to speak them and even make this better than it is now, as some are under threat?
Perhaps the three guest speakers can give us some ideas on how the federal government can be more supportive and committed to meeting our objectives, starting with Chief Denny.
[English]