Nakurmiik.
We've had a housing crisis in Inuit Nunangat for decades, and it is only getting worse. Currently, Inuit experience a 54% overcrowding rate in Inuit Nunangat, our homeland. There have been specific federal investments in Inuit housing in the last four budgets, with approximately $400 million in budgets 2016 and 2017. They were transformative in their administration, in that the federal government would partner with Inuit, and Inuit would then decide how those monies flowed into housing solutions. We also, in 2019, created an Inuit housing strategy with the Government of Canada through our Inuit-Crown partnership committee.
We also have worked with the Government of Canada to have the ambition to end tuberculosis in Inuit Nunangat by 2030. We have a rate of tuberculosis that is over 300 times the rate of all Canadians born in Canada, and overcrowding is one of the key considerations in relation to tuberculosis and the spread of tuberculosis.
A transformative amount of money needs to be invested to eliminate the overcrowding in our communities, which will unlock economic potential, impact positively our mental health and physical health, and also bring equity into this country in relation to Inuit and the rest of Canadians.