Eric Melillo at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks to all of our witnesses for joining us today to talk about this important subject.

I would like to start with President Lampe. I've been doing a little bit of reading about the situation in Labrador. As I understand, the amount of food that is produced in Labrador is relatively low. One of the articles I was reading said that as little as 1% of the food consumed in Labrador is actually produced there.

Can you talk a bit about any programs or initiatives that your government has been working towards to increase harvesting capacity in your territory and how the federal government can help with those initiatives?