Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒥᒃ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒧᑦ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᓐ ᐃᓛ ᐋᓐᑎᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᕋᒪ, ᐅᖃᓪᓚᓚᐅᕐᓗᖓ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᖁᔭᓕᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᖅᖃᐅᒐᕕᑦ. ᓱᓇᐅᕝᕙ ᓯᐅᑏᒃᑲ ᖁᕕᐊᑦᑐᖕᓈᓪᓚᖕᓂᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓄᒃᑑᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᖢᓂ.

[Inuktitut text translated as follows:]

Thank you. I have a question for Andy. First, thank you for speaking in Inuktitut. It is good to know my ears get happy hearing someone talking in Inuktitut.

[English]

I want to ask my first question to Andy Moorhouse. I want to acknowledge that it was wonderful to hear you speak in Inuktitut. I never knew that my ears could feel pleasure in hearing Inuktitut. I really appreciated your introduction when you began. You've done such a good job of describing really well the inequities that exist for northern communities.

I'm wondering how the federal government has been receptive to the calls for supports you mentioned. Has this brought any increases to any supports you've needed in northern communities?

Qujannamiik.