Canadian Heritage committee  I'll try to be as clear and as short as I can. The first one I was stressing was that Inuit Nunangat should be recognized as the linguistic region across Canada for Inuktut.

Canadian Heritage committee  Part of the earlier discussion we had was that if that was the extent to which we could have it recognized at this time, then yes, for that part. With regard to the commissioner, I think I've already answered in relation to the response I gave Mr. Hogg about how the government o

Canadian Heritage committee  The reason I'm here is to emphasize the dire situation of the language within my specific Inuit region compared to in the others. In our area the language is dying much more quickly than it is in the other Inuit regions. At the very least they have tools available to them, throu

Canadian Heritage committee  Very briefly, I would suggest that you take into consideration the recommendations that we as well as others are putting forward in improving the bill right away. This is the opportunity for it to be done. Second, look at how we can work together again to develop an implementati

Canadian Heritage committee  I would prefer to see areas where it can be improved upon. Unfortunately, due to the time and the situation we're in, at the very least we would like to see something put in place so that we have a tool that we can use. It needs a lot of work, in my view, but nothing is ever perf

Canadian Heritage committee  There's an opportunity for it to be improved and we'd like to see it improved upon.

Canadian Heritage committee  The sound was fading out a bit, but I think I caught the question. I have looked through it. As I said in my opening statement, I don't think it fully addresses the issues. That's why I said we should be working together to improve the legislation moving forward. I don't think i

Canadian Heritage committee  In a general way, yes, I do. I see this as a tool, but it needs a lot of improvement.

Canadian Heritage committee  Where will I begin? Well, as I said, it starts with the third generation of assimilation. When the government first came into our region, we were required to send our kids to an education system that put them into facilities that strictly enforced speaking in English only. When y

Canadian Heritage committee  There are 11 official languages within the Northwest Territories. In my area it's primarily English, French, Inuvialuktun and Inuktitut. In the capital area, many more first nations have their indigenous languages recognized. That's the extent of what the government has done; the

Canadian Heritage committee  Greetings. Ublaami. Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the committee. As the chair has mentioned, my name is Duane Ningagsiq Smith, and I am the chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. It's in the very far northwest portion of Canada but still in the country

Natural Resources committee  As the second-oldest claim, we have an established process that's been in place for quite a number of years. As well, in terms of overlapping issues, when we were trying to develop the gas within our region we had proposed a pipeline from my area to Alberta. We created the Aborig

Natural Resources committee  Thanks for bringing it up. I didn't have it in my comments. Although the government doesn't call it a moratorium, that's what it is. It was imposed on us without recognizing our rights on the offshore. No, we were not consulted prior to it being imposed on us.

Natural Resources committee  For clarification right now, the territory doesn't have any jurisdiction in the offshore. It's all federal because we're territories.

Natural Resources committee  Secondly, yes, I agree. You've answered the question yourself. We should sit down together and work this out because it isn't giving any comfort to industry itself as well. They've all walked away from their investments to explore within their region. As I pointed out earlier, so