Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We look at mental wellness holistically. All of the issues we've been talking about today are impacting the mental wellness of Inuit. Climate change and not being able to go out hunting impact on people's mental wellness. We are working with the regions to develop a plan that is

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was going to say that I think, as Udloriak said, we do have to wait a while to see how things are going, but there is still concern—and there was a lot of concern—about some of the items that are seen as necessary and things that may have been taken off the list. There have bee

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm sorry, what was the question again?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  For Nunavut, yes. I'm not quite sure what the other regions are. For all regions, housing is a huge issue and there is a need—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. That was a very good question, and as Udloriak said, they are all interrelated. We are working with our regions and others. We are working with Health Canada as well. The Inuit regions and ITK and Health Canada have developed a mental wellness action plan. That was ap

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I agree there is still a need. And there will still be new people coming. One of the things the centre in Iqaluit had mentioned was that in 2008-09 the centre was welcoming over 4,000 drop-in clients and in 2009-10 there was a significant increase in the number of females and tho

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  It was just a general comment. I think that's one of the other concerns for communities and projects--that it is not always clear. The Aboriginal Healing Foundation provided funds to Inuit communities to be able to do that stuff. It's not always clear who can, and what the servic

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was going to say they have provided input. But also going back to the question of whether people were prepared, people were still hopeful, because we advocated for Inuit-specific programming meant to be delivered in our language, to be delivered by Inuit. And of course this i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We met with Minister Strahl and Minister Aglukkaq about the loss of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. The ITK board of directors passed a resolution last June because there was concern about the date coming up and the loss of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. We talked to both

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Are there ways to improve that? I would say it would be by having the programs in the communities. But in terms of the telephone line, from my understanding, I know Nunavut has to call Whitehorse. I believe Nunatsiavut would have to call the Atlantic region. I'm not sure if it'

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  ITK didn't. Which health minister should we approach?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I was going to say, first of all, that we actually don't deliver the programming. We're a national organization, but we've had lots of concerns raised and lots of telephone calls from our communities and regions about the loss of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation program. I think

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  People knew that the Aboriginal Healing Foundation was for a set time, but there isn't other funding that can address that for regions. For example, in the centre that Jim talked about, they were looking for other funding, but the funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation was

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  First of all, generally there are not a lot of services in communities. What the Aboriginal Healing Foundation has provided, as other people have said, are services to Inuit in their own language, by their own people. There are programs that are developed for the communities base

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Thank you for allowing me to come and speak to you today. When the Aboriginal Healing Foundation began in 1998, its primary objectives were to break the cycle of physical and sexual abuse that was a consequence of the residential schools experience in Canada and--