Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  As Scott has mentioned, there already is a subsidy in place, a special rate with First Air, for country food. Unfortunately, the communities covered are in the western Arctic, other than Pangnirtung, so it becomes very inaccessible for us in northern Quebec. As for a recommendat

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We've been told by our point-of-sale supplier that we can accommodate the subsidy rates right on the cash receipt for the customer, or on the screen for the customer. I also understand there is advertising money within this program that's going to be given to regional health aut

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  The non-perishables have gone up. On October 3, all the non-perishables that came off the list have gone from a standard rate of $1 a kilo, or $2.15 in Nunavut, to the basic air cargo rate, which is $3 and change to Kuujjuaq, $10 and change to Salluit, and $12 and change to Pond

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You're going to be behind the eight ball as soon as you start because so many people in the north are living on a fixed income. As you rightly mentioned, if you have $100 and you're going to the store to buy your groceries, it's great that bananas are cheap and milk is cheap, but

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Very quickly I'll say April 1 doesn't bother me, because most of the product is perishable that's coming in anyway. What really bothered me was October 3, because as you mentioned, we had three or four months, and you can't move in the north in three of four months. Sorry, Kenn,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  There was a group of consultants who came from out west. I remember talking to Graeme Dargo, but there was a group of consultants who came from out west. They came to Kuujjuaq and they sat down with me for two or three hours for input about the system and what I thought the chang

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  You've got it: Newviq'vi.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Please go ahead with your five minutes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you very much. The word that Mr. Stanton mentioned, “Newviq'vi”, is kind of an anglicized version of the Inuit word niuvivik, which is the word for store. We've been around since 1989, and the food mail system has been pretty much