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{
"time": "2019-05-09 12:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5899465\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the 2015 Liberal platform promised \u201cnew funding to help Indigenous communities promote and preserve Indigenous languages and cultures.\u201c However, we note that there is no base funding committed in the bill before us. Unlike the Official Languages Act, the bill contains no federal obligation to fund indigenous languages and no reliable support for indigenous participation in multi-party agreements.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899466\" data-originallang=\"en\">I will note the testimony of Aluki Kotierk from Nunavut Tunngavik, who said:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5899467\" data-originallang=\"en\"> On the content of the bill, there are a number of central weaknesses, including that the bill does not contain any funding commitments.... Unlike Nunavut's Official Languages Act, Bill C-91 contains no actual rights or duties respecting the delivery of federal services in lnuktut. The bill does not ensure that essential services and programs required for a healthy Inuit population and a prosperous northern economy, such as education, health and the administration of justice, will be available in lnuktut where numbers warrant it. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899468\" data-originallang=\"en\"> ln short, with the greatest respect for the intentions behind it, Bill C-91 is largely a symbolic effort. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5899469\" data-originallang=\"en\">I wonder if my hon. colleague would respond to those critiques of the bill. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5899465\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans leur plateforme \u00e9lectorale de 2015, les lib\u00e9raux promettaient d'accorder \u00ab de nouveaux cr\u00e9dits aux communaut\u00e9s autochtones pour qu'elles puissent promouvoir et pr\u00e9server leur langue et leur culture \u00bb. Le projet de loi \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude ne pr\u00e9voit toutefois aucun financement de base. Contrairement \u00e0 la Loi sur les langues officielles, le projet de loi ne contient aucune disposition qui obligerait le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral \u00e0 verser un financement pour les langues autochtones, et il n'offre aucun soutien fiable pour favoriser une participation autochtone \u00e0 des ententes multipartites.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899466\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici un extrait du t\u00e9moignage d'Aluki Kotierk, de Nunavut Tunngavik: </p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5899467\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le contenu du projet de loi accuse un certain nombre de faiblesses majeures, notamment l'absence de tout engagement de financement [...] Contrairement \u00e0 la Loi sur les langues officielles du Nunavut, le projet de loi C-91 ne pr\u00e9voit aucun droit ni aucune obligation en ce qui concerne la prestation de services f\u00e9d\u00e9raux en inuktut. Il ne garantit aucunement que des programmes et des services essentiels \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 de la population inuite et \u00e0 la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 de l'\u00e9conomie nordique, comme l\u2019\u00e9ducation, la sant\u00e9 et l\u2019administration de la justice, seront offerts en inuktut l\u00e0 o\u00f9 le nombre le justifie.. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899468\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Bref, malgr\u00e9 tout le respect que j'ai pour les intentions sous-jacentes, le projet de loi C-91 est en grande partie un effort symbolique. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5899469\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait-il r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette critique du projet de loi? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/5/9/don-davies-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/don-davies/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1007/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10617469",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Indigenous Languages Act",
"fr": "Loi sur les langues autochtones"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/5/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F5%2F9%2F"
}
}