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House Hansard - 137

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Hon. Kamal Khera
  • Nov/29/22 10:03:37 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-29 
moved: That Bill C-29, in Clause 12, be amended by replacing line 9 on page 6 with the following: (f) Indigenous persons whose first or second language learned
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • Nov/29/22 12:35:44 p.m.
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I do want to remind members to respect the language that is before the House. This is not the first time this matter has been raised in the House. There have been a number of occasions. The hon. member for Red Deer—Mountain View.
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mrs. Marilène Gill
  • Nov/29/22 4:59:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-29 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. I believe that he knows my love for indigenous languages. Aside from the emotional aspect, it is clear to me that language is part of our identity. Protecting indigenous languages is certainly as important as protecting French. I would like to share a story. I read part of an Innu dictionary and quickly realized that it contained words that presented realities that I had a hard time understanding because I did not have access to the land, to this history with the land. A language is much more than a vehicle; it is an identity, it is the entire person. I know that in communities near where my colleague lives, there are young people relearning the Mi'kmaq language. Naturally, I will always be an ally. I think we are all simply better for it.
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mr. Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, BQ)
  • Nov/29/22 5:02:03 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-29 
Mr. Speaker, let me digress for a moment to talk about language learning. A few years ago, in 2018, in an effort to reconnect with my roots, I was able to take classes in the Wendat language from an office in Montreal, even though Wendake is in the Quebec City area. I salute the efforts that the Wendake officials made at that time to spread their language to their diaspora. I say bravo to them. Now, I am entirely in favour, and we are all in favour, of this national council for reconciliation, despite the reservations some may have about the word “reconciliation”, as my colleague said. That being said, it is all well and good to begin speeches with references to unceded territory and all that, but as long as the Indian Act, a title that is racist in itself, remains in place, what is the point?
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