[Member spoke in Inuktitut, interpreted as follows:]
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First, I wish to thank all of you who came here to give very interesting presentations. What you do is very important.
Also, I want to recognize that today in Canada it's National Indigenous Peoples Day. I want to thank the interpreters and the staff here. I think it's a holiday for most, so we need to acknowledge National Indigenous Peoples Day.
Dr. Ken Coates, I have a few questions for you.
We Inuit in the Arctic have raised the issues of not having enough resources. We don't get enough resources. We don't get enough support. We are not participants in defending our country and its security. We are not resourced properly to move ahead. We are not heard and we are not important.
You recommended more resources for the north. I want to ask you, would you agree that these investments need to be in the areas of increasing housing in Nunavut and in the first nations communities?