Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I totally agree with Minister Chinna. The impacts of the housing crisis and not having enough affordable housing units for the demands and the needs of Nunavummiut is driving very negative social outcomes, as was mentioned. I do agree. It elevates the importance of our having to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Do you want me to jump in?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, I think there are great comments and feedback. In 2022, I would probably say the design of our housing units in Nunavut would be comparable to energy-efficient designs across the country. We've certainly moved into that realm. I think opportunities exist for us to try to d

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the opportunity. I totally agree. It's certainly something that we've looked at over the last number of years and, again, it will come back to my sort of harping on the need for increased investment to increase that build program. If we were indeed able to build

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I think we see it as a strategic initiative that's so important because the cost for us to have to import southern trade labour drives up the cost of construction throughout Nunavut. We certainly recognize the opportunity to have more local trade and labour involvement, and I thi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I thank the member for the excellent question. Certainly over the last 20 years, since Nunavut became a territory, we've seen that growing housing supply gap. As I had mentioned, in our portfolio we have 5,800 public housing units to serve the population, yet the wait-list has g

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the member for the question. I do think the federal government plays a key strategic centralized role, but I'd probably articulate the need for the local jurisdictions. Especially, we're very unique, in that the three northern territories can

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I want to thank the committee for inviting me to speak here today and for the warm welcome. The ongoing affordable housing shortage poses a substantial burden for indigenous people across our country. Nunavut is one of the hardest hit jurisdictions in Canada. My invitation to sp