Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) I fully support this motion we are currently discussing. I grew up as an aboriginal person and my first language was my language. Whenever I use my language I feel comfortable with it and I am proud of it.
When I first started school I felt uncomfortable speaking in English so at times I used to used my own language. Whenever you look around here everyone is using their own language I feel happy about that. It seems as if we are the only ones ahead of everything using our own language.
With the support of funding from the federal government we continue to hang onto our language. Now they are saying they are going to cutback by ten per cent. I think if that happens it will be very difficult to continue promoting our language. I am fully against this. It seems because of the cutback, the federal government does not think what we are trying to do is all right. Without even telling us, they are putting this cutback on us. Even though the federal and territorial governments had already agreed to this three year agreement, now it seems they do not respect this agreement and they turn around and change it without even notifying us. This is why I am standing today in support of this motion. I wish for all of you to vote yes to this motion.