Michael McLeod at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

This is a very interesting discussion and a very difficult one, and it's a very complex situation.

I belong to the Métis in the Northwest Territories. I spoke Michif for six years of my life until I attended federal Indian day school, so I am deeply rooted in the culture. Most of my relatives play the fiddle. I dance jig.... No, I should say that I used to dance jig 40 pounds ago—