“ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᖕᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᖖᒐᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖁᑎᒃᓴᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᒐᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᕋᑦᑕ. ᖁᓚᖖᒋᓚᖓᓗ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᕿᑐᕐᖏᐅᖅᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑕ ᑐᕌᖓᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᖅᑭᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᓇᐃᑖᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ.
“ᐊᖏᔪᒻᒪᕆᖕᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᖖᒐᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖁᑎᒃᓴᓕᕆᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᒐᐅᓯᒪᓂᖃᕋᑦᑕ. ᖁᓚᖖᒋᓚᖓᓗ ᖃᓄᑎᒋ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᕿᑐᕐᖏᐅᖅᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᑕ ᑐᕌᖓᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ, ᐃᖅᑭᓕᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓪᓚᖓᔪᓄᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᖏᔪᖅᑳᖓᑦ ᓇᐃᑖᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ.
ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖓᑦ ᔭᔅᑎᓐ ᑐᕉᑐ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᓇᑖᓐ ᐆᐱᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔩᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᕕᐊᓗᐃᑦ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᙵᓂᒃ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓᓂᒃ, ᒪᑭᕕᒃ ᑯᐊᐳᕇᓴᙵᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᖏᖕᓂᑦ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᖅᑲᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ−ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.
The ITK Board of Directors met virtually last week week and passed a resolution to endorse Bill C-15 An Act respecting the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as proposed amendments to strengthen the legislation.