[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᐄ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖃᑕᐅᑦᑕᖅᑐᑦ escorts−ᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ, ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᓇᔭᖅᐸᑕ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᖦᖢᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒥ’ᓂᒃ ᕿᒪᐃᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕐᓂᕆᓇᔭᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᕿᒪᖦᖢᓂᒋᑦ ᐱᕼᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕌᖓᑕ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ, ᐄᑯᓗᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᓐᓇᑉᑯ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᙱᓐᓇᒃᑯ incidentals, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᑦᑕᖏ’ᒪᑕ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕝᕕᖏᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᔫᒐᓗᐃᑦ ᓂᕆᔾᔪᑎᖏᓪᓗ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᕼᐃᐊᓂ ᖄᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᒍᑦᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᔫᓪᓗᐊᖅᐸᑕ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓇᕐᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔮ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᐅᑉ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᔪᖅᕼᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᙱᑦᓯᐊᙱᓐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐊᒥᕼᐅᓄᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑕᑉᑎ’ᓄᑦ ᑐᓗᖅᑕᕈᑕᐅ’ᒪᑦ, ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᔫᓪᓗᐊᕋᔭᖅᐸᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᖅᑎᑕᐅᒐᔭᖅᐸᑕ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ, ᒪ’ᓇ.
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
If the escorts were to be paid a salary, it would be helpful, because they leave their jobs and go on leave, for a long length of time sometimes, without pay. They also have so many incidentals when they are escorting family or patients. They are incurring personal costs constantly. Yes, their food is paid for, and their accommodation is paid for, but there are the incidental costs that they incur themselves as well as for the person they are escorting. They become financially responsible for the patient.
Not having a lot of access to money, not having money, is very common for many of us. Yes, I do believe that the incidental costs they incur for any length of time as escorts and for looking after their patients should be considered. I agree.
[English]