Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐃᒃᓯᕙᐅᑕᓖᒃ ᐋ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᕋᒃᑭᑦ ᑭᐅᕌᓂᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᓯᔪᒪᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᓱᖓ ᐋ ᑐᓂᓂ− ᐊᕋᒃᑯ ᐋ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎᕐᔪᐊᖑᖃᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᐃᒃ ᒧᐊᕋᔅᒧᑦ. ᐋᒻ ᑲᓇᑕᒥᒃ ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑐᕋᑦᑕ ᐋ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓲᑎᖃᖅ− ᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐋ ᑖᓐᓇ ᖃᓄᒡᓕ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᕕᐅᒃ ᐊᖏᖃᑕᐅᒻᒪᖔᖅᐱᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐋᒻ ᓱᕋᑦᑎᕆᒻ− ᒪᖔᖅ ᐋ ᓄᓇᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐋ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓲᑎᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑖᕈᑕᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕆᐊ− ᖃᖅᐹ. ᐊᓯᔾᔨᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᖅᑲᐃ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐋ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓲᑎᖃᕐᓂᖅ...ᖃᖅᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑖᖅᐸᑦᑐᑦ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you, Madam Chair.

I have one question I would like to ask you.

I want to advise everyone I'll be handing this over to my colleague, Mike Morrice.

Right now in Canada, there's a free entry system in effect. What do you think about the free entry system, where those who stake claims on land have the free will to do whatever they want with the land? Do you see that as detrimental to the environment or beneficial? How do you view it?

Should the free entry system be changed or amended so those who stake claims have some restrictions?

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