Procedure and House Affairs committee  If you were to amend the Elections Canada Act, what sections do you think would need to be amended? Have you considered putting forward legislation yourself in this Parliament? As part of the agreement that the New Democratic Party made with the governing Liberal Party in your coalition, have you guys—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  This is a fair question. There are broad definitions of what a coalition is in the Webster's Canadian Dictionary. My question is, when two political parties, if you want to do this....

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Was an agreement made to include amendments to the Elections Canada Act between the New Democratic Party and the Liberal Party? I believe that there were some lines in there on reconciliation. Was an amendment to the Elections Canada Act a part of the agreement made between your two parties?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the exchange. I appreciated it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. Is it your objective, in putting this study forward, to ensure that indigenous languages are on the ballot in your territory or possibly across Canada? If you were to walk away at the end of this term and in the next federal election we have your language on the federal ballot, would that be considered a success for you?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm just going to make sure that I got that correctly. Article 32 is not very clear about the use of language specifically.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Would it be feasible for the Tunngavik corporation to come forward, because I'm assuming they still have regular negotiations with the federal government, and maybe make a request to the federal government that, in the unique circumstances of the territory of Nunavut, federal elections be in the recognized languages of the territory as part of its unique agreement with the Government of Canada through the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you, MP Idlout, for being at committee today. I went to your territory once. It was about 12 or 13 years ago. I went to the Nunavummiut legislature. It was in session, and they took a break from the session. What I remember from the chamber was that all of the interpreters were around the chamber to represent all of the languages.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll wait until the next panel.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. That's fine.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  They've never had issues. That's what I was looking for. Thank you.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm glad you pointed out some of the concerns about printing information in Inuktut for voters, and I know Elections Canada did recognize that. Hearing it from you, I see that the problem might have been more acute than what we were led to believe at the last election. If I take anything away from this meeting, it's that there is a minimum standard that has to be met that has not been met to date.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Okay. Thank you. That was very helpful. I have no further questions.