Human Resources committee  Power?

Human Resources committee  There are programs, and there is a project regarding that. In fact, I think the intent is to ask the federal government for a detox centre project in Kuujjuaq.

Human Resources committee  Yes, it's important for the communities.

Human Resources committee  I would like to add something. First, we have to eliminate the famous backlog, and come to an agreement with Quebec, that is, governments have to agree; but there must also be agreement with current Inuit leaders so that they take their place and become eventual leaders in this a

Human Resources committee  We don't talk about that sort of situation very much. We know it exists and we acknowledge it, but as for any case of abuse, very often the first step is to recognize that it is happening. We live in a society that recognizes that we have problems and that we need to deal with th

Human Resources committee  We know that one key is education. We know that the capacity to acquire the skills and competencies of the jobs already in the north.... There are a lot of jobs in the north; we cannot say there are no jobs. But we have to support the capacity and the factors favouring people get

Human Resources committee  I wish my colleague were here. All I can talk to you about is my perspective as a halunak.

Human Resources committee  I don't think people want to go back to the way it was 100 or 150 years ago. That's not the reality of today. What they're looking for is an ability or capacity to marry the traditional life with the modern life of today. How do we achieve that? We have to give them the time. W

Human Resources committee  Did you want me to elaborate more?

Human Resources committee  As for food security, in accordance with our mandate as a working group, we have identified issues. Clearly one of them right now is the lack of access to country food. It's an issue because we know this is healthy food for our communities. So we're looking at all the strategies

Human Resources committee  Maybe as a follow-up, Mr. Chair, I could provide the committee with reports we have made. For example, we have a suicide prevention strategy that's recently been adopted by our regional board, and it is funded in part by the provincial government. We'll be happy to provide you wi

Human Resources committee  It's a good question. Regarding food security, in the last two years, the Nunavik regional board has set up a working group on this issue with all the regional organizations. This working group is looking at the types of strategies we need to put in place as a region, but also

Human Resources committee  In the context of the consultation for the national housing strategy of the Government of Canada, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec has discussed our situation not only in Nunavik but also in regard to first nations. It's part of the written statement that I broug

Human Resources committee  The second aspect, I would say, is exactly that. There needs to be a series of measures that develop the community's capacity to facilitate a transition towards a model of full jurisdiction by Inuit over all housing issues.

Human Resources committee  Yes.