Ms. Meeka Atagootak at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᐆ, ᐅᕙᓐᓅᑦ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐅᖅᑰᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᖃᑦᑕᕐᒥᔪᒍᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ ᑕᐅᓐᓇ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖓ ᓱᕋᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᕗᓪᓕ ᓱᕋᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍᓕ ᓱᕋᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑰᔨᒻᒪᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖓ ᑕᐅᓐᓇ ᓄᓇ ᐊᐅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᒻᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕗᑦ ᐱᒋᐊ ᐊᑦᓱᕉᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᔪᒥᓇᖅᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒥᓇᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᑦᓯᓐᓇᑰᓗᐊᕐᓂᕗᑦ ᑕᒃᐹᓂ ᐃᓪᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᓯᓚᒧᑦ ᐅᖅᑰᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᓐᓄᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓐᓃᕈᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑦ, ᐃᓕᖅᑮᓪᓕᕙᓪᓕᐊᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᒡᓗ ᑖᓐᓇ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᖓ ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ, ᑭᐅᑦᓯᐊᓐᖏᓚᕋᓗᑭᐊᖅ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

This climate change definitely has changed especially the animal harvesting seasons, and the foundations of the buildings started deteriorating because the ground is rotting and deteriorating. This should be an emergency. It shouldn't be abandoned; it should be dealt with right away. There should be emergency preparedness for those.

All of the foundations of the buildings are damaged by the climate change because the permafrost melted towards the community, so the foundations have deteriorated from the climate change.

[English]