Thank you, Madam Speaker. This weekend I attended part of the very interesting conference here in Yellowknife organized by the Metis Nation and the Metis Heritage Association. I want to thank them for their efforts, especially Bren Kolson and Mr. McSwain, from Rae-Edzo, who organized the conference. Also, thanks to Education, Culture and Employment for funding this conference.

There are many varieties of Michif French -- as my colleague from Yellowknife South mentioned -- but the word is pronounced in a different way. There are also Michif Cree in which all the nouns or names for things are in Cree and all the verbs or action words are in French. There is also Michif spoken in Manitoba. We were trying to determine if the Michif here in the Northwest Territories is different, which is French mixed with Dene languages. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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