Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.
I'd like to respond to Mr. Manning's question.
When you referred to the trip that was made 10 years ago to Europe, yes, a trip did take place 10 years ago. I remember it. The Nunavut Sivuniksavut students reported to NTI later on what they had discussed when they went on their trip. They talked about the culture of the Inuit, our hunting, and our conservation. The young people from the Nunavut Sivuniksavut program have represented us very well as ambassadors.
Yes, we would like to be able to go to other countries to promote our lifestyle and our concerns, but, again, we don't have the money. Give us the money and we'll go.
Mr. Chairperson, once again, we have never been asked what our concerns are about the sealing industry and the ban. We have never been consulted on how it was affecting our lives when it started to go downhill.
I want to assure you that there is a willingness on our part to work with you as a government for the interests of our people. When we sit down together with a group of people and we agree to work in a partnership, I take that in good faith, and I look forward to working with you in the future, the very near future, to resolve some of these issues that affect us as Canadians.
Thank you.