Ms. Meeka Atagootak at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᐋᒻ, ᐋ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᐊᕕᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓇᓱᒃᓱᓂ ᓲᕐᓗ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒐ ᓈᒻᒪᒍᓐᓃᑲᓐᓂᕐᒪᑦ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑎᑦᓯᓇᓱᑦᑐᖓ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐋ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᔪᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦᓲᔭᕆ-ᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᕋᑦᑕ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᑭᓛᖅ ᑎᑭᓐᓂᐊᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᓐᖑᑉᐸᑦ ᐃᓚᑦᓴᖅ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᒡᓗᒪ ᐃᓚᒃᓴᖓ ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔪᐊᒃᑰᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᐸᑦᓱᓂ ᐊᐅᔭᓐᖑᖅ-ᓰᓕᕐᒥᓗᖓ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᑕᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᑕᑉᐹᓂ ᓄᓇᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᒥᑭᑦᑑᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐ-ᓇᖁᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᒡᓗᓄ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᒃᑯᒫᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᐃᓚᒃᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᓈᒻᒪᒡᔫᒥᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᓕᖅᑎᑦ-ᓯᖁᔨᒪᓇᖅᑐᒡᓛᓘᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᖅᓱᓂ ᐃᓚᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᐅᓐᖏᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐅᑕᖅᑭᑦᓲᔮᓗᒋᐊᖃᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᒍᑦ. ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

On emergency preparedness, for example, today my house is unliveable, and I would like the housing corporations to be encouraged to help.

There are lot of [Technical difficulty—Editor] are neglected by the housing corporation. We have to get our parts from sealift, and it would be wise to encourage the housing corporations. Especially most neglected are the people who own their own homes.

Thank you.