Use of Indigenous languages on House floor will help reconciliation efforts, say Liberal MP and others

For a language to survive it needs to be seen on TVs, heard on radios, and read online, says MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette.

Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette raised the issue of the use of Indigenous languages in the House of Commons after his speech in Cree wasn't simultaneously translated into French and English despite him giving 48 hours notice.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 18, 2018

Speaking Indigenous languages in the House of Commons will improve the chances of their preservation, says Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette. Mr. Ouellette (Winnipeg Centre, Man.) said the use Indigenous languages in the House is “a more important step” than many others taken to save the langu...

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