Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you Commissioner, for appearing before us today.
We are, of course, speaking with the commissioner and we know that establishing the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages is a requirement of the Indigenous Languages Act, but we are interested in more concrete aspects of the act as a whole. Even though it could be improved and there will be a three-year review, to begin next year, people are interested in its implementation.
I would therefore like to ask you for more specific details about what has been done so far. You said that there was a lot of work remaining, and I agree, but I'd like to have a better idea about what, concretely, is being done. For example, you mentioned that the office would be fully up and running by the summer. The directors were appointed in 2022, and you were appointed in 2021. That means that work on setting up the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages has been under way for a year and a half, or almost two years.
There are several aspects to the office's mandate. On page 10 of the Indigenous Languages Act it is stated that the office's role is to promote indigenous languages, support the efforts of indigenous peoples to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen indigenous languages, facilitate the resolution of disputes, promote public awareness, and support research projects in cooperation with indigenous governments, not to mention funding.
In five minutes, I'd like a brief rundown of the activities planned to address each of these points. If there are none, that's not a problem, but I'd like to have some idea of what the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages is doing concretely, and which could be mentioned in a report.
I can briefly repeat each of these points. For example, with respect to helping to promote indigenous languages, what, concretely, has the office done thus far?