Thank you. Perfect.
Thank you again, Minister.
The Prime Minister and your government have been in power for the last nine years. Clean drinking water is still not done despite the PM's promise in 2015 to have all boil water advisories lifted by 2021. Food is expensive, made worse by the Prime Minister's carbon tax. Heating costs are high and made a lot worse by the Prime Minister's carbon tax. Housing needs in Canada are highest in Nunavut and getting worse. To give you some numbers from the “Northern Housing Report”, which is right in front of me, 49% of families in Nunavut are unable to affordably secure market housing, and, for a more stark number, more than 80% of families can't afford to purchase a single detached home in Nunavut. That points to an exceptionally high poverty rate in Nunavut, the highest in the country. As well, our Arctic sovereignty is more at risk than at any point in our history.
Minister, countless promises made by the Prime Minister to northerners have been broken. Countless announcements won't feed, heat or house northerners. A lot of promises have been made and a lot of money spent, but there's little to show for it.
I guess what is mystifying to me is this: With such a bad record in the north, how can you still have confidence in the Prime Minister?