Procedure and House Affairs committee  No, actually, more people can write than translate.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The first member spoke on this, saying that it will be difficult to do because of the array of languages in Canada—indigenous languages. I'm just coming from the viewpoint of Saskatchewan where we have Dene, Cree, Nakota, and Lakota. Looking at the bigger context, I can see that

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it would be going further in terms of preserving indigenous languages and maintaining indigenous languages and cultures. I recently visited Northwest Territories, and they are a long way ahead of us in the work that they're doing to maintain their languages there. They'

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Absolutely. I know a couple of people who do that type of work specifically, simultaneous translations, and so I'm pretty sure they would be available, especially if they knew the cause, why we're trying to do this, and the importance of it.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. [Witness speaks in Dene] [English] My name is Cheryle Herman. I am from Clearwater River Dene Nation located near La Loche, Saskatchewan. I am a fluent speaker of the Denesuline language. I am here as an ambassador of indigenous languages, to share my own and other