[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᐄ, ᒪ’ᓇ ᐊᐱᖅᕼᐅᕋᕕᑦ ᑕᒪᑦᑐᒪ ᒥᒃᕼᐋᓄᑦ. ᐄ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ, ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑰᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᒃᑎᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᐸᑕ ᒫᓐᓇ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᒻᒪᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ non-insured health benefits ᐱᖁᔭᖓ ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᑭᒡᓕᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᕼᐃᒪᔪᑦᑎᑎᖅᑲᐅᑎᓖᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒪᑐᒪ ᐃᓗᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᑕᐅᕌᓂᒃᕼᐃᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᕼᐅᒪᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᖅᑑᓪᓗᐊᕼᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᕼᐃᒪᔭᑉᑐᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᓗᖅᑕᖅᑕᐅᕼᐃᒪᔪᖅ, ᑖᒻᓇ ᐊᐱᖅᕼᐆᑎᕆᔭᖅᐱᑦ ᒥᒃᕼᐋᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐃᕼᐅᒪᒋᔭᑉᑯᑦ, ᒪ’ᓇ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you.
Regarding this, yes, I agree. It would be very beneficial to have equal payment and to acknowledge both the traditional and the academic, but the non-insured health benefits do not have that. They have a policy or policies that they need to improve, including traditional healers or counsellors.
Yes, it would be very beneficial for Inuit if our own counsellors and professionals could be paid the same rate and recognized as such.
Thank you.
[English]