[Member spoke in Inuktitut as follows:]
ᖁᔭᓐᓇᒦᒃ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᑭᐅᑦᑎᐊᕋᕕᑦ. ᒥᔅᑕ ᑖᕗᕉᒧᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᓂᐊᓯᑳᓪᓚᖕᒥᒐᒪ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᒃᑰᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓲᖅᖃᐃᒻᒪ ᑐᑭᓯᓇᖅᓯᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᐊᕐᔪᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᖃᔅᓯᑲᓪᓚᖕᓂᒃᑭᐊᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᑎᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ 101-ᖑᓪᓗᒎᖅ ᓈᒻᒪᒃᓯᔾᔫᒥᒍᑎᒃ ᐃᓛ... ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒡᒎᖅ ᓴᖅᕿᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ, ᑖᓐᓇ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓗᐊᓐ ᑯᓱᒐᖅ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᓐᓂᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒡᒎᖅ 3000-ᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᑖᕆᐊᖃᕋᓗᐊᖅᖢᓂ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᒥᔅᑕ ᑖᕗᕉ ᐊᐱᕆᔪᒪᕙᒋᑦ.... ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ 101-ᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᖏᓗᐊᖦᖤᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᔭᕆᐊᓖᑦ 3000-ᖑᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖓᓐᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᑎᔪᖕᓇᖅᐱᐅᖅᖃᐃ?
[Inuktitut text interpreted as follows:]
Thank you very much for your wonderful reply.
I have a question for Mr. Devereaux.
I know that many people go through a hard time because of lack of housing. A couple of weeks ago when the Government of Canada made an announcement of 101 affordable housing units for Nunavut, the Nunavut government minister, Lorne Kusugak, identified that Nunavut has a housing need of approximately 3,000 houses.
Can you help us to understand why such a large gap exists between what is being asked for and what is being given? What rationale is the government giving you as to why only 101 houses can be built when the need is so high?