Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair; and thank you, members of the committee. It's a real honour to be here, and certainly in the presence of my dear friend Dawn Madahbee Leach as well, and Adam. You did a great job. I'll begin by giving you a bit of a background on Nunasi Corporation and th

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In particular, when I'm talking about access to capital, yes, it would be in the form of loans, but it would be specifically for equity. I just wanted to make a really quick comment on access to capital. In the past, we've seen challenges whereby there are too many communities a

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm sorry, Ms. Idlout. I didn't get the English translation on that for the question.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No, I'm sorry. I'm not tapping into the translation. I apologize.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Nakurmiik for the question. I apologize on the missed interpretation there, and I appreciate the follow-up. Very quickly, I think that, when we talk about the transition to green that is happening within this country, the reality of Nunavut and the reality of Inuit Nunangat are

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Sorry, what was the nature of the amendment to the act, Ms. Idlout?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, very much so, and very much aware of the activity that it's doing with indigenous communities across the country. Yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I'm from Labrador. Happy Valley-Goose Bay is where I was born, my mom is from Cartwright and my father is from Rigolet, which is the Inuit community in Nunatsiavut.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you. You can't get more granular than that to try to get right down at the community level, so I appreciate the question. As you can imagine, there are over 50 Inuit communities across the country. All of them are isolated, except in the northern part of the Northwest Ter

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Nunasi represents Nunavut, so I'm not necessarily here with a number one ask for Labrador, but for Inuit Nunangat, it's infrastructure. It's the critical investment in infrastructure, which so many Canadians take for granted. Qujannamiik.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  No. In terms of the recommendations I provided, I wasn't necessarily talking about grant funding. I was talking about—

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As Nunasi Corporation?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. It's an interesting question. Yes, we've applied for grant funding in the past. We've applied in the SREP program for renewable energy for Nunavut to see if we can actually help to spur some development opportunities in the territory. We've received federal support under

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I completely agree with Dawn's assessment that we are at a disadvantage, although I said in my comments that indigenous businesses look very differently now compared to how they did just 20 years ago. We've built remarkable capacity, as Dawn referenced a number of times in some o

National Defence committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. It's an honour to be here to have a conversation about a topic as important as Arctic security. Nunasi is a Nunavut Inuit birthright corporation owned by two regional Inuit associations, QIA and Kivalliq Inuit Association, and o