M-633 Northern Canada

That, in the opinion of the House, the government should make consistent its definition of Northern Canada in order to define it as the region comprised of the Canadian territories of Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, as well as Nunavik (Northern Quebec) and all of Labrador, in order to: (a) include the Inuit communities of Nunavik and Labrador in Inuit programming, which currently only benefits communities north of the 60th parallel; (b) initiate a review process to ensure all Inuit communities in Canada have equal access to the specialized programs and services aimed at supporting those communities; and (c) examine any programming criteria for Inuit communities that are based on being north of the 60th parallel and ensure that in future these criteria are based on equitable support for all Inuit communities across Canada, and not based solely on geographic region.