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ᑎᑭᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᕐᔪᐊᖑᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᕚᓪᓕᕈᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓂᒃ, ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᐃᓯᒪᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑭᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᒥ

ᐱᒋᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ (ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 7), ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓖᑦ 16–ᓂ ᐅᖓᑖᓂᓪᓗ ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 14–ᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᐅᕘᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ – ᓯᕗᕐᙵᒍᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᙳᖓᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ – ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓵᓚᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ (NTI). ᑎᓯᐱᕆ 14 ᐅᓪᓗᓪᓚᕆᐅᕗᖅ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᖅ: ᐅᐸᒃᓯᒪᓗᓂ, ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓘᑎᕋᓛᖅᑎᒍᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐃᓇᖏᖅᑕᐅᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑎᑎᖅᑲᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᒐᓗᐊᕈᕕᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᓗᑭ ᑰᑦᑎᕐᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᖃᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐋᓐᑐᕉ ᓇᑲᓱᖕᒥ, ᓇᓗᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᐃᓯᒪᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᓇ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᖃᓪᓚᖕᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᖏᔪᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᕙᖕᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓇᒧᑦ $2-ᐱᓕᐊᓐ– ᑲᓴᖕᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᑦ. ᑎᒥᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ "ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓱᐃᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖏᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ," ᒪᓕᒃᖢᒍ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᖏᓐᓂ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᖃᔅᓯᒐᓚᖕᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ: ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂ, ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᕙᑎᒧᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᖕᒥᓗᒍ ᐊᓕᕙᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᕈᓯᕐᒦᑦᑐᒥ – ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ. ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᔨᑦᑎᕋᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᓇᓗᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᕗᖅ ᒪᒥᓴᖃᑎᒌᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓕᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᖁᔭᒃᓴᖅ 25–ᒥ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᐅᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᐅᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚᑦᑐᖅᓴᕐᕕᖕᓂ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᓄᒃᑑᕈᓐᓇᑦᑎᐊᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᖃᕈᓂ "ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᓯᐅᔨᕙᒃᐳᑦ 35 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᑲᓴᖕᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 50 ᐳᓴᓐᑎᑲᓴᖕᒥ ᐊᓪᓚᕝᕕᓕᕆᔨᖏᓐᓂ," ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᔮᓐ ᕚᓐᔪᐊᐃ, ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᐃᔨᓄᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᑰᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᓕᐊᖓ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐅᒃᑐᐱᕆᒥ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᑎᙵᓂᖃᖅᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᖑᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓵᙵᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᑐᐊᓘᕗᖅ ᓇᓕᒧᑎᑦᑎᓇᓱᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒥ ᓱᓕᓂᕋᐃᔪᒥ ᑭᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᓕᒃᑯᐊᓂ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓂᕿᒃᓴᖃᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᑐᔪᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓱᖃᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ. ᐃᓄᒃ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐆᒧᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᕕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓴᙱᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᔭᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᑭᐅᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓅᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐆᒪᓇᓱᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᕆᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ.

ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᐱᕆᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᐅᔪᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᐊᕕᕐᓇᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ. ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐸᑎᖅ ᓇᑦᓱᕐ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔫᓂ 2019–ᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᖢᓂ "ᓂᕈᐊᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕆᕗᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᐊᖑᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᖃᑕᐅᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᓂ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᒐᓗᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ." ᐊᓯᖏᑦ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᑳᑎ ᑕᐅᑐᙱ – ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖑᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᖕᒥᔪᖅ – ᐃᓂᖅᑎᕆᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐃᓕᓂᕐᒥ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᓯᕘᕋᓪᓗᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓇᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᒐᔪᖕᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᙳᑎᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᐃᓪᓕᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᕿᑐᕐᙱᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᓂ "ᐅᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖓ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓪᓗᐊᖅᐳᑦ." ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᓂᓯᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᕿᑎᐊᒎᖅᑐᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑐᕌᖓᓇᔭᖅᑐᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᐱᕕᒃᓴᖃᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓇᑉᐸᖅᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ. ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐃᓐᓄᒃᓯᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖃᐅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖓᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓴᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᙱᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᒃᑰᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ. ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓇᒍ ᑭᓇᒧᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᓂ, ᓂᕈᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᓯ. ᐱᐅᓂᖅᓴᒻᒪᕆᒃ, ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᓯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᓯᓗᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᒥᓂᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᑦᑎᐊᕋᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᓯᒪᔭᕐᓂᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓐᓂᐊᔪᒧᑦ.

An election of utmost importance Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated benefits all Inuit, all Inuit should be invested in who will lead the organization Northern News Services

Starting today, Nunavummiut aged 16 or older as of Dec. 14 that are enrolled under the Nunavut Agreement can vote – in advance polls – in the leadership race for Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI).

Dec. 14 is the official date set for the election, but there are four other ways to vote: in-person, by mobile poll, proxy vote or mail-in ballot.

Whether you support incumbent Aluki Kotierk or challenger Andrew Nakashuk, it is clear that all Inuit beneficiaries should be invested in having their say on who leads the conversations and makes the big decisions on where the nearly $2-billion Nunavut Trust is invested.

As the body that "co-ordinates and manages Inuit responsibilities set out in the Nunavut Agreement and ensures that the federal and territorial governments fulfill their obligations," per their mission statement, NTI fulfills a vital role in the territory.

It is an organization that leads the charge on a multitude of issues: culture and language rights, setting policy and advocating for Inuit health, economic development and managing the impacts of those developments on the environment, not to mention the elephant in the room – housing.

stamina to push for Nunavummiut's needs to be met, to help Nunavut NTI election move from surviving to thriving.

Many beneficiaries are asking NTI to We say: take a more active role in the housing Make your voice heard crisis. Former Housing minister Patterk Netser advocated for it in June 2019, Ensuring that all Inuit have access saying "I voted for Nunavut too and to services and education in Inuktut those of us who are beneficiaries of is one piece of the puzzle and it is an Nunavut are a part of the people who important act of reconciliation. With are experiencing a housing shortage." the Government of Nunavut's recent Others, such as MLA Cathy Towpassing of Bill 25, it will be up to NTI tongie – a former NTI president herto continue to work with governments self – cautioned against dipping into and Nunavut Arctic College to build the trust fund, worried it may set a capacity in Inuktut-fluent teachers, precedent NTI may not be able to especially when one considers "every keep up with when Nunavut's high year Nunavut loses approximately 35 per cent of its teachers and almost 50 birth rates are taken into account, per cent of its administrators," accord- adding "I am inclined to say the Government of Canada should step up." ing to John Fanjoy, president of the Perhaps NTI could find a middle Nunavut Teachers Association. ground by providing greater funding NTI's Nunavut Infrastructure Gap toward training opportunities in conReport released in October pointed struction and related trades. Building out the interconnection of social issues facing the territory. It's a tough capacity and training Inuit to fill more of these roles in their homeland will job to balance the needs of so many only make for a stronger and more when it seems the need only grows with every dollar promised to address self-reliant Nunavut.

Regardless of who you cast your a problem.

The core issues of housing and food ballot for, be sure to vote. Better still, engage your leaders and make sure security require creative thinking and endless lobbying. The individual elect- they're doing the work that you've elected them to do. ed to this office will need to have the

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