Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and congratulate him on his election.
The member talked about the protection of languages and how important that is. An essential part of reconciliation is addressing the harms indigenous peoples have experienced, including the devastating loss of language and culture.
In British Columbia, the First Peoples' Cultural Council has been highlighting to the federal government that significant cuts to language revitalization funding are causing harm to indigenous peoples, to the Nuu-chah-nulth people in my riding and the Coast Salish people. They are calling on the federal government to reinstate that funding.
Will my colleague, his caucus and his government reinstate that funding to protect indigenous languages, particularly in British Columbia, where the cuts are significant, causing harm to indigenous peoples in our communities?