David Krutko

Mr. McLeod.

Next on the list I have Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues.

Again, this shows how we end up year after year talking about an issue and saying, “Yes, it is important,” but at the end of it all you have nothing to show of success, achievement or results on these matters.

In the meantime, every day, technology keeps changing, and outdated existing Dene fonts become almost impossible for community organizations to use to develop resource materials.

I will be asking questions of the Minister responsible for official languages at the appropriate time.

Next I have Ms. Bisaro.

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Department of Human Resources, Client Services, Active Positions, information item, approved.

Human Resource Strategy and Policy, Active Positions, information item. Page 2-61.

Department of Human Resources, Human Resource Strategy and Policy, Active Positions, information item, approved.

The Member for Great Slave.

Mr. Speaker, today I will speak about the ongoing issue of Dene fonts. With the fast pace of computer technology and the loss of the ability to convert and print existing Dene language documents, aboriginal language communities have difficulty producing new resource documents, because the Dene fonts are not compatible with present-day software.

The Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute as well as the government urgently need Dene fonts incorporated into the Unicode system. That way, everyone who opens any computer program can read and write documents with the Dene language and with the...

Next on my list I have Mr. Beaulieu and then Ms. Bisaro. Mr. Beaulieu.

Client Services, Operations Expenditure Summary, information item.

Department of Human Resources, Client Services, Operations Expenditure Summary information item, approved.