Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᐄ, ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒥᒃ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓪᓗᖓ 600 ᐅᖓᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ. ᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐱᕆᓪᓗᓯ ᖃᔅᓯᐅᓚᐅᖅᐸᑕ ᑖᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᖃᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑖᒃᓱᒥᖓ ᓴᖅᑮᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᓯ 361 ᑖᒃᑯᐊ 600 ᐅᖓᑖᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᔅᓯᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᕕᖃᓚᐅᖅᐱᓯ ᑖᓐᓇ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓪᓚᐃᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᓐᓂ?

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you.

From my understanding, there are over 600 communities that will be impacted.

My question is how many supported this bill, Bill C-61. Out of these 600 first nations bands, how many have you heard from, looking at first nations entities? How many have you consulted with?

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