Proposed Inuit-specific investments total $395.5 million and include the following:

• $50 million over 10 years for continued implementation of the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy and $5 million per year ongoing;
• $125.5 million over 10 years for an Inuit-led post-secondary education strategy and $21.8 million per year ongoing; and
• $220 million over five years to provide important health and social services to Inuit children.

In addition, ITK is pleased with the commitment included in the budget to support universal high-speed internet access for all Canadians by 2030. Infrastructure in Inuit Nunangat lags behind that of all other OECD countries with Arctic territory. While Budget 2019 proposes a one-time transfer of $2.2 billion in infrastructure investments for communities through the federal Gas Tax Fund, ITK is deeply disappointed with the continued exclusion of Inuit from infrastructure investment and decision-making opportunities in our homelands.