Inuk woman sheds light on dramatic impact of poor services in Quebec’s far north – CBC
Lucy Kumarluk’s brother died in 2002, while living in Montreal. Now, her son lives there and won’t come home
Nov 13, 2018
Lucy Kumarluk breaks down when she thinks about her son, his life on the streets in Montreal and the brother she lost in the same city 16 years ago.
“We thought it would never come to this point, never. Our family? No, nobody was going to be homeless,” said Kumarluk, eyes wet with tears.
The Inuk woman testified at the Viens Commission hearings as they began in the village of Kuujjuarapik, at the mouth of the Great Whale River along Hudson Bay.
It’s the first time the commissioner, retired Superior Court Justice Jacques Viens, and his entourage have travelled to Nunavik, the Inuit territory in Quebec’s far north, since the hearings began nearly two years ago.
