You're right when you say that life expectancy in the north is still lower than it is in the south. We have to look at life expectancy being dependent on a lot of the issues facing our young children, because we still have a high mortality rate among children. We still have a lot of gains to make there.
With the change in lifestyle that has occurred in the last, I would say, 50 years in Nunavik, we're seeing more and more chronic diseases appearing in our regions that were not there before. The lifestyle changes that have occurred from la sédentarisation have resulted in issues for the Inuit accessing country food, all those elements that were very much present in the lifestyles of Inuit years ago and today are challenging for them to access.
For example, if elders don't have a family that hunts and brings them country food, they are losing all of the elements that they grew up with. The change in lifestyle is impacting the quality of life of the elders, and they are often very dependent on being in a family where their sons can keep hunting.
It's hard to talk about all of this without having all the context of living in the north. Take hunting, for example. Access to traditional food right now is very much challenged. Programs to support hunters are very expensive, and not all communities are able to access this capacity. So when we look at quality of life of our elders, we should consider all of these programs that can enhance their quality of life, the things that are dear to them.
The loss of the traditional ways brings a lot of challenges—for example, alcohol. We've talked about the problems we have. Living in a household where the young today have difficulty finding jobs or the capacity to bring their own value into the household has an impact on the members of the household, and elders are often pressured to use the little revenue they have to support the large family that's in the house.
These are the different issues that I can bring to you. I don't know if my colleague would want to add to that.