[Member spoke in Dene as follows:]

Churchıll Rıver k’oldhere, łets’ełts’el ts’ų dzı̨ zaa k’e dła nǫnęnę ts’ęn łá k’e hultaı, 2016 ła ke tı, łake sekuı honełtęn hu, łake cheléku asé łeghąldher nı̨, heł tth’ı łąsdı̨ nęn néłt’e, dene daılk’edhe nı̨,eya harajá nı̨, erıhtł’ıs kuę nı̨, dene hıgh s nı̨telas tu dųhų taghé nęnę hudher la, t’o, eyı kó hats’ı̨ samba k’odherı nedhe, ją ts’ı̨ chú Saskatchewan k’eya hı yas, eyı t’a łe haı̨dé ba soredłı hu, eyı t’a nałtsı dene hu ambulance hu eyı fıre department, eyı tth’ı ba soredłı́ bets’edé la

dų dzı̨ne k’e, t’a ba yastı hadé, sekuı hodónołtęn dene eyı seku, ya hı sekuı hodonełtęn dene yets’enı̨ hel tth’ı, hogaı ts’ı̨ dene horets’edadı́, eyı sekuı honełtęn dene, sehel hadı u eyı dłąt’u sekuı dets’aı̨nı̨, sekuı ts’edaı̨nı̨ sekuı sǫt’ulu deltth’ı halyá, eyı t’ąt’u benı̨ ıga hudher hu hel tth’ı sı̨nı̨yé sı, t’ąt’u sekuı ts’edarı̨nı̨yé łasdı̨ ıkué ots’ı̨ sekuı honełtęn dene łą benęn ts’ęn nadéł la, bekadanelnı̨ ha kolé eyı t’ahı honodher tł’̨aghe, dądel hu, sekuı hodonełtęn ha ha, nı̨deł hu,eyı bel, bı̨ al dathëts’ı̨ la

eyı dųhų dłahot’ı̨, k’odheré nedhe Saskatchewan hots’ı̨ ją Federal yenalnı̨ la lohot’ı̨ a dų ha marsı herésı̨ sı dų yastı sı, ma

[Dene text interpreted as follows:]

Mr. Speaker, on January 22, 2016, two teachers and two young men lost their lives and others were injured when a shooter entered the Dene High School in La Loche. In the three years since that date, both levels of government have honoured their lives, the first responders and worked to move forward from the tragedy in my home town.

Today, I want to recognize the teachers, support staff and community members who saved so many lives. Many teachers have told me privately the things they did to make sure the kids were safe, even when it meant putting themselves in harm's way. I thank them for their quick thinking and commitment to their students. Though many of these teachers have left to take care of their mental well-being, they insisted on staying on to complete the year and help the kids they saved that day.

Their actions have been forgotten by the Saskatchewan and federal governments in the past several years. Therefore, let us now take a moment to thank them for what they did.

Georgina Jolibois

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