Thank you, Madam Chair. And I hear the Member's frustration. But this did not only have to do with funding. This had to do with the training. This had to do with the staffing. This had to do with what was actually being dealt with at the ground level. Safety was a major issue. We did end up having a fire in Inuvik as well too. We did end up losing one of our warming shelters. It's not only the NGOs looking at them not operating this shelter in Inuvik. We had this put out for an RFP, and we had no submissions. We had no interest. And what were we to be doing in Inuvik, and we needed to step in. We had a couple of deaths that had happened during that time as well too with people freezing. This was an emergency, and housing had to step in. And it didn't only have to do with just the funding that was there but we would like to see this go back as a -- back to the NGOs. And we do have two interested parties right now, which we're very lucky to have them. But the Indigenous groups weren't interested in taking this over as well too. We had an emergency in Inuvik. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Paulie Chinna on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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