Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᒥᒋᓐᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᒃᑲᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᕋᒪ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᔾᔪᐊᑎᒃᑲ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᓂᖅᑰᙱᒻᒪᑕ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᔨᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᑦᑎᐊᙱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᐊᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᐱᒌᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖔᖅᑲᐅᙱᒻᒪᖔᖅᐲᑦ ᑖᑉᓱᒪ ᒥᒃᓵᓄᑦ?

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you.

My question is for Maggie.

I don't think the other members of Parliament fully understand that vision care is not really available in Nunavut.

Can you explain its importance and what we're lacking in vision care?