Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐋᒻ ᒫᖅ ᒍᕇᓂᐊᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᕋᒪ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᖕᓂᕆᒐᒃᑭᑦ ᐅᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᑎᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔫᖃᑎᒥᖕᓂᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᓱᓕᔪᕆᑦᑎᐊᕋᒃᑯ ᐋᒻ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐋᒻ ᐅᒃᐱᕈᓱᒃᓗᖓ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᒪᔫᔪᑎᑦᒍᑦ ᐅᕙᑦᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐅᓂᑦᑳᕈᓐᓇᖅᐲᑦ? ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᔪᖏᓐᓂᐊᓗᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓲᖅᓗ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᐅᓪᓗ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ. ᐄ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you.

I have a question for Ms. Grier.

I enjoyed your presentation.

It is very important that indigenous caregivers, physicians and health professionals look after the community. They are the best people to look after the community. If we indigenous people, I believe, could participate more in health issues and be more involved, we could go a long way in improving health in our own communities. Indigenous people are very qualified when it comes to looking after the lives and health of the people.

Thank you.

[English]