Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ, ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑖᖅ, ᑭᖑᓪᓕᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐸᒋᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᑎᑦᑎᑦᓯᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᖁᒡᓗᖅᑑᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅᑕᐅᖅᐹᒡᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓄᓪᓘᓃᑦ, ᑐᑭᓯᒡᕕᒋᔪᒪᕙᒋᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᑕᐃᒫᑎᒋ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ, ᐋ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑦ, ᐋ, ᑐᑭᓯᐅᒪᒻᒪᖓᖅᐱᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᐱᒋᓪᓖ ᑕᐃᒫᑎᒋ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᖃᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᒪᖓᑦᑕ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you, Mr. Chairperson.

My last question is to you, Calvin.

You have created a better understanding of Inuit communities, especially Kugluktuk. I know that you need further assistance and resources, perhaps from the federal government.

I would like to know if other Nunavut communities have the same challenges you were talking about. Can you tell us a little more about how the other communities operate?

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