Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᑦᑐᒪᕙᔅᓯ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓗᒃᑖᕋᔅᓯ, ᑐᙵᓱᒃᑎᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓛᖅᑕᕋ ᔮᓐ ᒦᓐ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑕᖃᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓇᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓕᑕᕆᓪᓗᒋᑦ. ᑕᒪᔅᓯᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᕋᒪ ᑕᒪᔅᓯ ᑭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕈᔅᓯ ᐆᒥᖓ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒃᓴᖅᓯᐅᕈᓐᓇᖅᐱᓰ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑏᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᓱᑕᐅᓇᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖏᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅᐸᑕ ᓇᓕᒧᔪᒥᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ ᐸᐃᑉᐹᖅᑖᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᔨᑎᑐᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓪᓗ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

First, thank you, and welcome to this committee. Your presentations are very interesting.

I welcome John Main, a minister of the Nunavut government in health. It is good to see you.

I will raise this question to all three of you in the order of your presentations.

In your opinion, will paying indigenous wellness counsellors the same rate as the academically certified mental health professionals have a positive impact on indigenous peoples' health and well-being?

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