Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᐆᑮ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᓂᕆᐅᓐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖓ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᐃᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᔪᒥ...ᑕᑯᔪᒥᓇᒻᒪᕆᒻᒪᐃᓛᒃ, ᐋ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒻᒥᒃ, ᐋ, ᖃᑦᓯᐅᒻᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ. ᐅᓇ ᐱᖃᑖ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᔭᕋ ᐋ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ 46ᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂᒃ 1951ᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᓱᒍ 1997ᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᓕᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᐃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ, ᐋ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐ− ᕕᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᑦᓯᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ, ᐋ, ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑖ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ 13ᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓴᖅᑭᑦᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃ− ᓗᐊᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᐅᑎᒃᓯᓇᓱᒃᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒐᕙᒪᒋᔭᑦᓯ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓲᖑᒐᑦᓯ ᓴᐃᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᓕᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᕗᖓ ᐃᓕᒃᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑰᔪᓯ, ᐋ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑮᓂᐊᖅᐱᓰ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ 13ᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅ....ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᑦ− ᑕᖃᕈᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖏᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᓴᖅᑮᖏᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐋ, ᓱᕗᓂᒃᓴᕐᒧᑦ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you. I will expect that, and I look forward to reading it and studying it. It is important to me how many schools in Inuit lands get instructional delivery in their home language now.

The second question I would like to ask is this. The federal government, for 46 years—from 1951 to 1997—paid to build and staff 13 residential schools in Nunavut with the express purpose of eradicating Inuit culture and languages.

Since reconciliation is so important, will the Liberal government fund 13 Inuit-language and culture schools in the near future? Will you fund 13 Inuit-language and cultural schools, a combination of language and culture?

[English]