Thanks, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
Through the chair to Ms. Peter, I do want to express my appreciation for your being here with us today. I feel very grateful to be able to hear from you first-hand. I want to thank you for your work defending the human rights of indigenous people in the Arctic, and also to congratulate you. I know you received the Order of Canada in 2012. It's great to have you here and to share your knowledge and experiences.
I had the honour of visiting Nunavut with my colleague MP Idlout, the MP for Nunavut. I spent time in Iqaluit and Pangnirtung and had the opportunity to go out on a boat with MP Idlout and her family where we fished for Arctic char, and they taught me the names in Inuktitut of the different seals that we came across. It was an incredibly impactful experience.
I wanted to ask if you could expand a little bit more. I know my colleague, MP Hanley, had asked a little bit.... You had spoken about the impacts. I was wondering if you could share a little bit more on the impacts on Nunavummiut and other indigenous people of the international campaigns against seal harvesting and the reasons why, as you worded it, the colonial exemptions and patronizing rules and regulations were far from sufficient.