Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. Food insecurity levels in the North are challenging. More needs to be done to improve the broader well-being of isolated northern communities, and engagement with the working groups and the Advisory Board will help find new solutions. Other government initiatives have been implemented to help address this issue, including the Canada Northern Economic Development Agency, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Local Food Infrastructure Fund.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the invitation to speak with you today on the important subject of food security in the North as you begin your study. I would begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin people. I am joined today by Wayne Walsh, Director General of the Northern Strategic Policy Branch within Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and my colleagues from the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Indigenous Services Canada, Dr.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Most definitely there are discussions internationally with Arctic nations, occurring through the Arctic Council. There's a very vibrant network of the eight nations constituting the Arctic. In particular, there are deep dive discussions on things related to climate change, marine pollution, and those types of things.