Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as Chair of the Special Committee on the Review of the Official Languages Act I have been fortunate enough, along with my colleagues, to have travelled to different communities to talk to different people about languages. Language is extremely important and very high on the radar screen of the people of the Northwest Territories.
I do have some good news, Mr. Chairman. I have been in the schools where I have witnessed students able to read and write in their languages. Language seems to be coming back up and it is still a problematic area. We are still losing languages at 1 percent a year. I would like to ask the Minister if he would consider targeted funding.
Mr. Chairman, this is without taking away the existing funds that are going to the schools and/or the regions, language communities. The Gwich'in and the Inuvialuit language, for example, are very close to extinction. I think they need more help financially. Would the Minister consider targeted funding in areas where there is a danger? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.