The committee’s meeting notice lists Uluqsi and McCorriston among witnesses for its 8:15 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. EDT panel on Thursday, Oct. 8. They will appear by videoconference alongside two Housing Northwest Territories officials. A second panel includes transportation and urban-planning professors and a North West Company executive. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

NTI represents Inuit rights-holders under the Nunavut Agreement, while Uquutaq operates housing and homelessness services in Iqaluit. Their testimony gives Nunavut organizations a formal opportunity to describe affordability pressures directly to federal MPs during the committee’s Northern affordability study. The notice does not say what recommendations they will make or whether Ottawa will act on them.

The hearing is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8, from 8:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. EDT in Ottawa. The committee notice lists a webcast. A revised transcript and official meeting record may be posted after the hearing. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

This is meeting 41 of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. The meeting notice was posted Oct. 6 at 2:09 p.m. It identifies scheduled witnesses only; it does not announce new housing funding, a program, a committee recommendation or a government decision.