Canadian Heritage committee  You were never on the right track to begin with. That's because you didn't have the indigenous language experts who were there to help guide you and tell you what you need. It takes five to seven years to become a fluent speaker of my language, and that's if you hear it every s

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll try. The problems and the challenges we've been having concern project funding. At the end of March, my project will be over. We have teachers who are 65 and older who are teaching. They're the first language speakers in my community. It's a small community that speaks the

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. I'll just go through some of the recommendations. We recommend core funding, of course, for all levels of immersion, and to eliminate silo funding models. Adult immersion must be funded as a stipend, similar to that of post-secondary students, so we can get every level

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. Thank you very much. Bill 101 and the Official Languages Act have affected us in the schools and have marginalized our indigenous, ancestral languages in our communities. The bill has to take into account the various levels of racism, societal indifference, racist attitude

Canadian Heritage committee  [Witness spoke in Mohawk] Greetings, and thank you. My name is Katsi'tsakwas. I am Turtle Clan and I am from Kanesatake. It took over 100 years to get us to this point. It is going to take at least 100 years to bring back our languages to life. These are the words of Hilda Ni