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Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee To be clear, when it's not spent, it's reinjected into the program, so we're making enhancements. Some of the enhancements I mentioned in 2019 are enhancements that are due to an injection of funds into the program to expand the scope and the level of subsidy. We're constantly ma
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee I don't have that myself, but perhaps my colleague from Indigenous Services Canada in the first nations and Inuit health branch may have something to add to that.
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee That's something we study in our programs. I think our studies show—and my colleague could add to this—that food insecurity affects men and women equally.
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Food insecurity is undeniably higher in the North, in the territories and in remote areas that benefit from the program. Statistics show that. The most recent Statistics Canada survey from 2016 shows that food insecurity in the North was higher than elsewhere in southern communit
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Normally, there are suppliers on the ground. Stores deal with them and arrange for food to be delivered. It's a solution that comes from private sector companies or cooperatives. They order food and then they make a claim to access our subsidy. We then make sure that the subsidy
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Thank you for your question, Ms. Bérubé. It is a key issue. We want to make sure that the subsidy goes to the people it is intended for, the people in the North. So we have put in place a series of transparency measures. First, suppliers must have agreements with us to give us
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee That is an interesting project. We're trying to look at this with a whole-of-government approach to dealing with these issues. That's important. As I mentioned, the program we're managing has a specific mandate. Beyond that, when we bring other federal departments and agencies
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Yes, and my colleague will elaborate.
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Several factors contribute to it: the remoteness of the region, the cost of transporting food, and the influence of the environment and climate change on traditional routes to the North. Personal income is also a basic factor. Because average disposable income is often lower in t
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee What I can speak to is the program the department has, which is the nutrition north program. As I mentioned, this is a complex issue that is highly partnered and requires the participation of different partners. Nutrition north is designed to be part of the solution. It is a tool
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee That is a good question. Maybe I'll turn this one over to Mr. Walsh in a moment. Can I ask for additional clarification on the question?
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee The Amazon system does deliver to Iqaluit. Currently that's the only place on our list that can access those items. We have put in place things like having access to individuals to order food from the south and to the subsidy using their own credit cards and things like that. Th
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee The subsidy is definitely aimed at retailers and suppliers, but individuals can order directly from southern stores that are participants in the program, hence the reason they can do this via Amazon.
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee There have been discussions with Amazon in the past.
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin
Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee Indeed this also came up during the engagement that was held from 2016 onwards. The idea of having innovative solutions in the north is definitely present, and in budget 2019 funding was provided to the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency of $15 million over five years
February 27th, 2020Committee meeting
Serge Beaudoin