Procedure and House Affairs committee  Again, thanks for the opportunity. I know we got off track a little, but we want to see interpreters in the House of Commons. For sure, that will send a strong statement and a strong message. There are something like 338 members, so eventually you might get more MPs who speak mo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, that's part of it. Out of the 634 first nations across Canada, for example, we have 58 different nations and tribes. It's very complex. We have one Lakota first nation out of those 634. Did you see Dances with Wolves? They're speaking Lakota. If the chief from that community

Procedure and House Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in Cree] Thank you so much, my friend, for the question about the difference between co-development and co-drafting. Mr. Roger Jones sits at that table. He's also legal counsel. He's an individual who helped, for example, with co-developing or co-drafting the

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It was the AFN, and in partnership with.... We did this as our regional forum, in terms of getting out. Everybody always gets scared, “Oh no, legislation, what's going to happen? We have to take it out to the people.” We did that. We had regional sessions, and we had language ex

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It's a really good question. Thank you for that. We have a chiefs assembly coming up here, on May 1 and 2. I've been on the AFN for 30-plus years, and usually the translation is English and French. Not once have I witnessed, in the AFN chiefs meetings, translation in our indige

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Oh yes, it's interpreters. Get the right interpreters.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We're relying on our chiefs committee on languages. When you come to a chiefs committee on languages, boy, you have the different tribes being spoken. We're relying on their recommendations. Again, for example, if Romeo's speaking in the House of Commons, he's speaking Cree. He

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thanks, Scott, for that. I'm glad you brought up the roles of the provinces. They have a big role to play. It's not only the federal government. We're working on the federal legislation, which is good. Again, we always say that we want to keep promoting there, but look across

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and Ellen. [Witness speaks in Cree with interpretation, as follows:] I speak Cree a little. I am very thankful. I thank all of you, my friends, my relatives, the men, the women, all of you. I thank all of you. Chief Child Thunderbird is my name. I am fr

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My apologies, Romeo. I do have to leave. Thank you for the opportunity.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I'd like to hear from MP Saganash.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  My learned colleague knows. Do you want to have Jennifer respond? There's Bolivia.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in Cree] That's a very good question. To all the respectful MPs here, I'm going to totally agree with that piece about it being more than recognition of rights. Even in my speech I added three other words; I added other words to my speech. It wasn't just recogni