(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I will be speaking in Inuktitut. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you and to briefly state my concerns. First of all, there was a problem I had encountered regarding not being able to get to Grise Fiord. What bothered me so much and I wanted the government to be able to help me. In some way, I was able to get assistance from the government to resolve the problem. On the other hand, I have noticed my constituents are not in any hurry for community empowerment and there have been some people from Municipal and Community Affairs that went to my constituents to consult with them about it. Our hamlets themselves have consulted each other about community empowerment. Perhaps if I put it this way, about the jobs of GLO, which were taken. The position was put into the hamlets for them to have a GLO but because their wages were cut or were laid-off the hamlet had to get some money or funding from somewhere in order for the GLOs to continue their job.
I am happy about the elimination of our deficit, but at the same time, the deficit was eliminated by cutting back the employment of people that live in the smaller communities. In some ways, when we go camping in the communities, we talk about the cutbacks by the government. There is little information, but we do not realize until we get back to our community that their jobs have been cut off. I do not have very much to say, but I would like to thank the people and the Ministers that were able to visit my constituents, such as Manitok Thompson and Jim Antoine. But I would also like to thank Mr. Morin, although I was not in the community due to ice conditions during camping. I would like to also say at this time that the things we have dealt with as committees and as Members of the Legislative Assembly have not been solved to date. Some of us are not familiar with the procedures of the Legislative Assembly when we are just starting out as new Members. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (End translation).
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