Ms. Kitty Gordon at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒻᒥᕋᒪ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓛᒃ ᒐᕙᒪᑯᓐᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᖅᑏᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ, ᐋᒻ, ᑕᐃᒫ ᓄᐃᓕᐅᒥᒋᐊᖃᑦᑕ, ᐋᒻ, ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᓕᐅᒥᖃᑦᑕᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ, ᐋᒻ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓪᓗᑐᕐᓂᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒡᒐ ᑐᑭ...ᑕᐃᒪ ᑐᑭᓯᔪᕕᓂᐅᓕᕈᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖁᔭᐃᑦ, ᐋᒻ, ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᒫᒃ ᓄᐃᓕᐅᒥᒐᔭᖅᑰᖅᑐᐃᓐ, ᐋᒻ, ᑕᐃᒪ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓛ ᑐᑭᓯᓕᐅᒥᒐᔭᖅᑐᐃ, ᐋᒻ, ᓄᓇᓕᐅ ᐃᓗᐊᓃᓕᐅᒥᔮᖃᑦᑕᕈᑎᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇᑐᐊᖅ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

I know federal government employees go to Inuit communities. They need to be more visible in the Inuit communities so that they can have a better understanding of our language today, and where it stands. They can get a better appreciation for language protection acts that will protect Inuit languages.

We need you to understand all of these things from the Inuit communities' perspectives, so come to us.

[English]