[Witness spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒃ, ᓇᑯᕐᒦᒡᓗ ᐅᐱᒋᕙᒋᑦ ᓘᕇ ᑕᒫᓃᖃᑕᐅᒋᐊᖅᐱᑦ.
[Inuktitut text translated as follows:]
Thank you, and thank you too Lori. I am honoured you’re here with us.
[English]
With regard to the issues we've had with accessing federal programs, one is the challenging bureaucracy we have to deal with in order to access certain amounts of funding for our local businesses or to be able to provide programs that would serve the population.
It's also the challenge of the timeline we have to deal with in order to ensure, as an example, access for the short shipping season. We need to be prepared by this time in order to access and be in time for this coming summer's shipping schedule.
So it's all about timing and about having access to the best programs available, or at least having the programs earmarked and geared toward specific Inuit regions, as an example.