[Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, Minister Hajdu, for returning here.
My first question is this: For indigenous peoples, there were funds that were meant to go to first nations families and their children. When we posed the question about this funding in the year 2022, the $4 billion meant for this program was not used up and the government asked for that money back. Now there are guidelines to follow, like Jordan's principle. For Inuit children, there was $4.8 million allocated. Only 48% of that money was used. That left a large sum untouched.
The future of our children is very important to us. Can you tell me why your employees failed to meet the standards set out in allocating or using up these monies?