A First Nation legislator addressed Queen’s Park in his own language Tuesday, marking the first time a language other than English and French has been allowed by officials in Ontario’s legislative chamber. In the process, New Democrat Sol Mamakwa, who spoke for 10 minutes in Anishininiimowin, or Oji-Cree, in the Ontario legislature, secured a pledge from the premier to build a long-term care home in Sioux Lookout, Ont. “I want to say thank you to everyone present. I’m very grateful, thankful for the opportunity to be able to speak my Anishininiimowin, in Indigenous Oji-Cree language in this legislature,” Mamakwa said through an interpreter at the start of his speech. “I am speaking for those that couldn’t use our language and also for those people from Kiiwetinoong, not only those from…
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