Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ (ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᖅ)Economic Development ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓂᐊᕋᒃᑯ, ᒪᒥᐊᓇᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑦ ᐳᐃᒍᐊᓪᓚᒃᑲᒪ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒥᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᒐᔅᓯ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᒋᔭᔅᓯᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖄᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᔾᔭᕈᖕᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗᒎᖅ 5% ᐊᒃᓱᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑳᓐᑐᕌᒃᒋᔭᐅᔪᐃᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓇᔭᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖄᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᕙᖅᖃᐃ 5% ᑐᓂᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ?

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Regarding economic development, I forget what you call that...Inuktitut. You said in your call to action that aboriginal people have a right to make money. They should have 5%. Some of the contracts should be awarded to aboriginal businesses.

Have you reached the goal of having aboriginal services supply 5% yet?