As Ms. Roy Makiuk said, Nunavik is a special region with unique realities that are very different from those in the rest of Quebec. We have to constantly take them into account in our operations.
I will give you a series of figures.
Nunavik's total population is about 12,000 people, 90% of whom are Inuit. The region's demographics are very different from those in the rest of Quebec. The population is increasing faster than elsewhere. From 2006 to 2011, the number of households increased by 11.8%, while that increase was 4.7% elsewhere in Quebec. As a result, even if homes are added every year, we cannot even catch up with the population growth.
The number of children in Nunavik is 3.2 per woman, while elsewhere in Quebec, it is 1.6. Moreover, 70% of the population is under 35 years of age.
In closing, the cost of life in Nunavik is 148% higher than in the rest of Quebec.