Lori Idlout at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]

ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᒥᑦ ᑐᙵᓱᑦᑎᑦᑐᒪᕙᔅᓯ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᓯ. ᑐᓴᕐᓂᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓵᖅᑐᓯ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑦᑎᕙᒌᕈᒪᕗᖓ ᓯᑏᕙᓐ ᐸᕙᓘ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᕋᒃᑯ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐅᖃᖅᖃᐅᒐᕕᑦ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᕐᒥᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖄᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᖕᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᓪᓗᓂ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᕐᓇᕐᒪᒡᒎᖅ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᖄᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓯᒪᓪᓗᒋᒡᒎᖅ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖅᓱᓗᓕᕆᓂᖅ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖓ, ᐃᓛ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᕈᓂ, ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᖅᖢᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓚᐅᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕝᕕᒡᔪᐊᕌᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᓲᖑᖕᒪᑕ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᐅᖕᒪᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᕙᒋᑦ, ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᑎᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖅᓱᕐᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓕᕌᖓᒥᒃ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᔅᓯ, ᐊᖏᖅᓯᒪᓪᓚᑦᑖᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᑕᐅᓲᖑᖕᒪᖔᑦ.

[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]

Thank you.

First of all, I wish to welcome you all. Your presentations were very interesting.

I have to ask Mr. Buffalo a question. I take note of your comment that to support UNDRIP is to support indigenous communities, regardless of industry, including oil and gas. This is a critical issue of consent—the duty to consult and to ensure consent—which is so often overlooked.

With this in mind, how is free, prior and informed consent central to IRC's process and approvals for oil and gas projects?

Thank you.