Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] I had recommendations that were directed to government earlier, but we also have to understand and recognize that national legislation in Canada.... It has to be known in Canada that Nunavut has a language act that protects I

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sure. Early childhood is so important. Currently in Nunavut there are free apps that you can acquire. They're for preschoolers. They're geared towards the writing system and hearing and learning the grammar. There's everything from having media, radio. We specifically have two

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] I cannot give a specific number, but I can say there are a lot. Now, one example I want to bring up is that for federal government agencies, although we do get funding, there's no additional funding. If someone, say, is bili

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Qujannamiik. There are a few on Elections Canada. I spoke to those during another committee. Inuktitut was missing on posters and ballots during the last federal election in Nunavut. We had received concerns in the previous federal election to the same effect. This is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] Thank you for welcoming me here. In Nunavut, when the Inuit Language Protection Act was passed in.... Nunavut became Nunavut in 1999. The language act was passed after that Nunavut Day. We had a language act that came from

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Qujannamiik, Mr. Zimmer. I can only talk about my jurisdiction in Nunavut. My mandate as the languages commissioner is to ensure people are aware of their language rights. When Nunavummiut feel that their language rights have been infringed, they can send us their concern. We th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. I'll just get to one of the examples. I can get to more later. Information related to health, such as the "mask required" sign posted on our door during the election, was only in English, whereas there are unilingual voters in the community. To address these concerns, I a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] Thank you. I hope everyone can hear me. Thank you, Mr. Chairperson and all of the members, for inviting me. I am happy to be sitting here with you. I will be talking about how it is in Nunavut, because it is very unique and

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I believe that was directed to me, if I'm correct.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The process within our office in receiving concerns is we have to go through an investigative process, contact the obligated body, and when it is with Elections Canada we have done so. Before the federal election in 2021, I did correspond in the beginning of my tenure as the lan

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I would also like to mention that many resources are available in the Inuit language. There is also an Inuit language authority in Nunavut. Their objective is to standardize Inuit terminology. Is that something Elections Canada can go to? The sole purpose of the Inuit language au

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Aluki, with your experience, did you want to add to that?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh, I'm sorry. I believe the voter turnout number that was mentioned was from President Kotierk. Am I correct, Aluki?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Both of us can provide written information for you on that, if you'd like.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.