For the majority you start looking at the fixed incomes of first nations that a lot of the people experience, and how that erodes buying power based upon a 9% increase in inflation and food costs. Even for first nations that are down in the lower 250 kilometres from the Canada-U.S. border, our ability to access traditional foods is impacted in the case of anywhere from 70% to 90% of our traditional foods. If you live in the north and you're used to consuming six to nine caribou per year at 300 pounds per caribou, that's anywhere from 1,800 to 2,700 pounds. What happens if you can't access that? Where do you get that from?
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