Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to the panel of witnesses for appearing before the committee.
This is an extremely important issue. The Auditor General and UN officials analyzed these projects specifically. According to the analysis, 70% of adults in Nunavut are experiencing food insecurity and, for 8.4% of them, this is a serious problem. It's not simply that they don't have food a few days a month. These people's health is compromised because they have nothing to eat. They are forced to go to landfills. That's not because they come from an Aboriginal culture, but because the government is not delivering on its responsibilities to ensure that they have enough to eat.
This is a particularly important issue. In 2011, the Auditor General raised this problem in section 6.4 of his report. Four years later and after a change in the program, the same problem has come up. Regardless of how you describe the changes to the Nutrition North Canada program, could you tell me how it will ensure that 8.4% of the population is not experiencing this serious food shortage, even starving. In 2015, it is not normal to have people starving in Canada.