Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There is a dearth of mental health infrastructure in the Arctic, particularly in Inuit communities. Over the last two or three years, suicides and attempted suicides seem to have been accelerating at unacceptable rates. We have approached the federal Minister of Health to see if

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. There are currently three elements to a legal challenge, which are in the EU court system right now. We have lost one round--I call it the first round--but we are appealing that, so we continue to hope that the EU courts will in fact weigh in and str

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Well, I'll just make the point that I think since the new program was announced, in fairness, there were a lot of complaints and/or comments made from different Inuit regions. Again, in fairness, officials within the department have done their best to receive that commentary and

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In fact, I was just going to make that point. We certainly give credit to the government for the money that is being spent on housing in the Arctic, but it's just not keeping pace with the need, in terms of both new housing and repair. It would certainly be helpful to Inuit if th