Helping make House history: meet Cree translator Kevin Lewis

On Jan. 28, Robert-Falcon Ouellette became the first MP to speak in an Indigenous language while the House provided live translation.

Cree translator Kevin Lewis, right, made history last week with Liberal MP Robert-Falcon Ouellette, left, providing the first simultaneous translation of an Indigenous language in the Chamber. Photograph courtesy of Kevin Lewis

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

February 6, 2019

The first person to simultaneously translate an Indigenous language in the House of Commons has devoted almost half his life to preserving his language. Kevin Lewis helped make history last week, simultaneously translating the C...

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