It is a very large job to take on, to see that we develop regional and local food sovereignty realities that are already there. The knowledge is there. It's all there, but we don't recognize it. People feel like they're failing when they're not keeping to the Canada food guides. They eat too much caribou; they're not supposed to eat too much protein. I think it's really important to give the power back to communities, in a good way, from a government's perspective—to make the government more consultative and collaborative.
On February 5th, 2019. See this statement in context.