[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᐋ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᓖᒃ, ᐊᖕᒪᓗ, ᐋ, ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ ᖁᔭᓕᒻᒪᕆᒃᐸᒃᓯ, ᐋ, ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᑦᑐᐃᓐ-ᓇᐅᓵᕋᑦᓯ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᕐᓚᑦᑖᕐᒪᑕ, ᐋᒻ, ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᑦ, ᐃᓛᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᖃᐃ, ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓲᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᒃᓴᖏᑦᑑᖏᑦᑐᖓ, ᐱᐅᒃᓴᖅᑕᐃ-ᓕᑎᑦᓯᒐᓱᓐᖏᑦᑐᖓ, ᑐᓱᒋᔭᒃᑲ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ, ᐋ, ᓲᖃᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒫᕐᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ, ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ ᐊᐱᕆᕙᑦᓯ ᐅᓇᓕᖃᐃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᓕᒪᕐᒥ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᑎᒋ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅ-ᑐᒡᓕᖃᐃᑦ, ᐊᓕᒃᓰᓇ ᓯᕗᒡᓕᐅᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᖃᑖ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᓕᒃᓰᓈ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᑭᐅᔪᒪᒍᕕᑦ, ᐋ, ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑑᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᒥᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᖅᐳᑎᑦ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
To all of you who are speaking to us today, you have confirmed a lot of our concerns—my concerns personally— regarding indigenous people and our language. It's very precious to us, and we do not want to lose it.
For instance, for those who speak French, I do not discriminate. I envy them that their language is protected and recognized and is an official language in Canada. French and English are official languages in Canada. I envy you.
I ask every one of the speakers today, should our indigenous languages be official in all of Canada?
We will have Alexina first and then the other speaker. You have the right to speak Inuktitut, and it will be interpreted.
[English]