[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦ, ᐋ, ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ ᐅᖃᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᓯᒍᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ,
ᐋ, ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᕗᖓ, ᐋ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕈᓐᓇᕋᒃᑭᒃ ᐃᓄᑦᑑᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓗᑕ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᑦᓱᓐᓇᕋᑦᑕ ᐃᓄᑦᑑᕋᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ, ᐋ, ᓱᓵᔨᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᑭᓯ ᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᕗᖓ, ᐋᒻ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᕐᓇᖅᑑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᓴᖅᓴᐅ− ᖏᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᒻᒪᕆᒃᑲᑦᑕᐃᓛᒃ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᑐᖅᐆᒪᒻᒪᑦ, ᐋ, ᑭᓇᐅᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᒻᒪᑦ.
ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᓪᓗ ᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᕆᑎᓪᓗᑎᒍᑦ ᐋᒻ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᓇᓗᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᒪᑦᓯᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ, ᐅᓇ ᐋ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓪᓗᑕᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᒑᒐᒥᒃ ᓴᓐᖏᓂᖃᖅᑐᐊᓘᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᒪᓕᒐᐃᑦ, ᐋᒻ, ᒪᓕᒐᖅᑕ ᖃᓕᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ, ᐋ, ᓴᖅᑭᔮᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᑎ ᑕᐅᓪᓗᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔫᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᕈᓐᓇᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᒍ. ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᑦᑕᒎᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᑦᑕᒎᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᒐᖅ, ᐋ, ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᓯᒻᒪᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑕᒪᑦᓯ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᕙᑦᓯ ᑖᓐᓇ
ᒪᓕᒐᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᑉᐹ, ᐋ, ᑮᓇᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕌᓂᑉᐱᓰ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕌᓂᕐᓂᖏᒃᑯᑦᓯ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᔭ ᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐸᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ, ᐋᒻ, ᖃᖅᓰᖅᓱᖅᓱᑕᑭᐊᖅ ᐅᓇ ᑲᑎᒪᔾᔪᑎᒋᓕᕋᑦᑎᒍ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᑲ
ᑕᒃᑐᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᒡᒎᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᓐᖏᓗᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᖓᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔭᐅᑲᑕᒃᑯᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᕙᓪ ᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐱᑕ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᕋ
ᕆᐊᖃᖅᐱᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐱᕈᖅᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᑕ, ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᕈᑦᓯᐅᒃ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕈᑦᓯᐅᒃ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᒃᓯᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐱᑕ ᑖᓐᓇ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖃᑎᖃᓪᓚᑦᑖᓕᕐᓂᐊᕈᑦᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃ ᒃᑯᓐᓂᒃ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓴᖃᑎᒌᓕᕐᓂᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᓴᖅᑭᓪᓚᑦᑖᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖅᐳᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᐸᑦ, ᐋ, ᐊᓐᓂᕇᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᕈᑦᑎᒍ ᓯᕗᓂᖅᓴᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᖅᑖᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᑦᑑᖏᓐᓇᖁᓂᐊᕈᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᐃᕖᑎᑐᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐋ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐸᑕ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑮᒃᑲᓐᓂ ᕆᐊᖃᖅᐱᑕᑭᐊᖅ ᐃᒪᓐᓇᖃᐃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑲᐅᑎᒋᓂᐊᕈᑦᑕ
ᑳᕐᓖᓐ, ᑭᑎ, ᐋ, ᒫᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑦ, ᑕᐃᒫᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊᖃᐃ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑉᐸᑕ,
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you to all our presenters.
I'm so happy to see our two witnesses here, because we can speak in our language. Our language is made understandable by our interpreters. We are so blessed, because our language is precious to us, and we have to keep reiterating how precious our language is and how important it is to who we are and to our culture.
When others begin to understand how precious our language is, they will be more encouraged and more inspired to keep giving us support in areas where we need it, and when acts and bills are proposed—many bills and proposals or acts are developed—and bills and acts will keep being made, I'm pretty sure, in the future, because it declares we can get support and we can get funding according to the acts or the bills that have been passed.
I want to ask if the bill suffices. Do you have adequate funding? If you don't have adequate funding, how much more is needed to be allocated to indigenous peoples?
We have been told over and over again that there's limited funding. There's not enough money. This is beginning to sound like a scratched record, because that's all we hear.
We have to come up with a way to form our questions. How can we get more support? How can we get more funding to implement these programs to revive our language? I'm pretty sure that there will come a day when the federal government will finally be able to meet our needs and hear what we're saying, because our descendants are relying on us today to make sure that our language is not getting lost. How much more funding do we need to implement the programs of revitalizing our indigenous languages?
Karliin or Kitty, it would be great if you could answer that question.
Thank you.
[English]