Industry committee  This is provincial-territorial. I think it really is unreasonable to suggest that Inuit bear the cost of collecting data to measure the size and scope of their inequality.

Industry committee  No, we don't. That's why I'm saying it's unreasonable, because we are already at inequality in our territory.

Industry committee  Very much so. We're hoping they reverse the decision they've made to continue on with the 2011 consensus. It would give the government an opportunity to see if the kind of data they're looking to collect will be sufficient.

Industry committee  Very much so, because it's not real data then that are collected by a federal government agency.

Industry committee  Thank you. In northern communities we wear many different hats. Today I can answer for all of the different hats I wear, be they as president of Pauktuutit, which automatically makes me a member of ITK; and as mayor of Iqaluit and president of our association, which also automat

Industry committee  Well, we use that data, and once you change the kind of data you're collecting, you're not going to have data to be able to compare what was in the past and moving forward. You're going to change the different kind of data that's being collected. And it's real data that we need.

Industry committee  That's correct. I will put on my hat as a mayor. For example, we have a young population, so for me, recreation is very important to ensure that we have healthy youth and are moving forward. Those kinds of numbers really help us in planning.

Industry committee  It would be very much different, yes, because in northern communities, they're still very much intimidated by forms, especially the elders, because some of them still can't read English, so they're intimidated. But if you have someone who has been trained through Stats Canada goi

Industry committee  If it's in English, it's going to go in the garbage.

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. You have to remember that in the long form there are questions such as how many bedrooms are in the house. In Arctic communities it's too cold to be homeless. There's hidden homelessness. We'll never get that data if that long form is not filled out.

Industry committee  Actually, there is an amazing partnership that has been developed between Arctic communities and the government when it comes to Statistics Canada. There is a partnership there where they have trained bilingual Inuit people who can work with unilinguals on filling out these forms