Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] I would say that those of us who own our own home cannot get into CMHC housing at all. We tried to get into their units but were not allowed. Finally, the Hamlet of Pond Inlet gave us government housing as an emergency shelte

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] I can say that for eight months, I was homeless. My home was absolutely damaged. There was mould everywhere. It was really hard to repair. We waited for a very long time for the supplies. We were in government housing, and w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] My house needs lots of repairs and we have to wait for a very long time for the supplies, although it's an emergency case. They don't even answer us for a very long time. They just promise us they will do something about it,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] I can say, when I own my own home, that I had to wait for my housing supplies after we had moved to another home because it was unliveable. By the time the ship arrived, the house foundation had already deteriorated, so the su

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] Yes. We have insurance for our house, of course. We can get our supplies upon request, but when they look over our insurance, they see that what we actually need for the homes doesn't apply in our insurance, so it is complete

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] On emergency preparedness, for example, today my house is unliveable, and I would like the housing corporations to be encouraged to help. There are lot of [Technical difficulty—Editor] are neglected by the housing corporatio

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] This climate change definitely has changed especially the animal harvesting seasons, and the foundations of the buildings started deteriorating because the ground is rotting and deteriorating. This should be an emergency. It

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:] My name is Meeka Atagootak from Pond Inlet. In 2010, a water truck ran into our house. The house has been damaged ever since and has started to flood. We tried to have it repaired last year, but we started having health pr