Nunavut News - Oct. 30, 2023 edition

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ $116 ᒥᓕᔭᓐᑖᓚᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᕕᐅᓚᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐸᐸᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ

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Monstrous pancakes

Prepare these fluffy pancakes in the shape of • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil adorable little monsters to celebrate Halloween • 12 blueberries at breakfast!

• 1 strawberry, cut into thin strips INGREDIENTS Servings: 4 • 1 banana, sliced into 16 rounds • 3/4 cup all-purpose flour • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder • 1/2 tablespoon sugar • A pinch of salt • 2/3 cup milk • 1 1/2 tablespoons melted butter • 1 egg

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Joanasie proposes $118.8 million to improve drinking water

News Briefs ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥ ᐸᐃᕆᕕᖃᕐᓂᖅ

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓚᐃᓯᓐᓯᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐸᐃᕆᕕᖃᓕᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᕆᔭᐅᔪᒥ. “ᐸᐃᕆᓗᓂ ᓯᑕᒪᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ ᓄᑕᖃᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᖕᓂᒃ 12 ᑐᖓᓂ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒥᐅᕙᑦᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᒥᓚᐃᓯᓐᓯᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᔭᖁᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ − ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᒪᓕᒐᐅᖕᒪᑦ,”ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 23-ᒥ. “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓚᐃᓯᓐᓯᖃᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐸᐃᕆᔨᐅᓕᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᑎᑦ.” ᓚᐃᓯᓐᓯᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐸᐃᕆᕕᐅᓂᖅ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑖᕈᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᑭᓖᑎᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᑦ $10 ᐅᓪᓗᒧᑦ, ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᑎᓂᑦ, ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᓵᖅᑎᑎᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᒋᕙᒡᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ. ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᖃᓐᓂᕈᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᑯᐊ ᐃᕿᐊᕿᕕᖓᓐᓂᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᓐᓇᖅᐳᓯ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ.

ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ NDP-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ

ᐅᓪᓗᖅ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ NDP ᐊᑐᓕᖁᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᓗᐊᖅᑕᐃᓕᑎᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᑐᓗᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᑭᓗᒃᓯᒋᐊᖁᔨᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᒃᓴᓂᒃ, ᓗᐊᕆ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ NDP-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᓕᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ NDPᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᑖᒃᑯᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐃᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᑦᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 21-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 23-ᒥ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔾᔭᒃᑎᑎᓚᐅᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓂ NDP-ᑯᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᒥᓕᔭᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑎᑎᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ, ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᖢᓂᓗ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᒻᒥᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕈᑎᖃᐃᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓄᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ, ᖁᑭᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ “ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ” ᐊᖏᓪᓕᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᒃᐸᑦ ᐹᕕᓪᓛᑦ ᓄᓗᔮᓂ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᕐᕕᒃ. ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 20-ᒥ ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ NDPᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᔭᒃᒦᑦ ᓯᖕ Jagmeet Singh ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓕᕆᔨᓗᒃᑖᓂᒃ ᖃᐃᖁᔨᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ ᑕᐃᑲᓂ ᐋᔅᑐ ᑎᐅᕋᓐ ᐃᒡᓗᒥ, ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑎᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᓰᔭᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓂᕿᑖᕐᕕᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᑦ ᒪᑭᑉᐹᓪᓕᕈᑎᖃᑐᐊᕌᖓᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ $500 ᒥᓕᔭᓐᑖᓚᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᒃᓴᐅᓕᖅᑎᑎᓪᓗᑎᒃ. ᖃᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᐃᓪᓚᐅᑦ NDP-ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓂᕈᐊᒐᒃᓴᐅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ. “ᓗᐊᕋ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᓯᒪᖕᒪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ,” NDP ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖓ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᔭᒃᒦᑦ ᓯᖕ Jagmeet Singh.

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ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᖁᔨᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᓯᕚᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᐅᓂᖑᓇᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᓄᕙᒡᓗᓂᓗ, ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ 19-ᒥᒡᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᓂᕐᓂᑭᓐᓂᕈᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒃ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᑭᐅᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ. “ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓕᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᒍᑎᑕᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑖᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᕋᑦᓯ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓪᓗ,” ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᓂ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ. ᓴᐅᓂᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᓂᖅ ᓄᕙᓕᕐᓗᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᕙᒡᔪᐊᕐᓇᒧᑦ ᑲᐴᑎᑦ ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑉᐳᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᕐᕕᐊᓛᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐱᑕᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ. “ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖏᑦᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᖁᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᓯ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᐅᓂᖑᓇᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᓗᓂᓗ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᖕᓄᑦ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓗᑎᑦ,” ᐅᖃᖅᓯᒪᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᖏᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ. “ᓄᑖᖑᓕᖅᑐᖅ Moderna Covid-19 ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ 19-ᒧᑦ ᑲᐴᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᕗᖅ ᑲᐱᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑐᖃᓄᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦ 6-ᖑᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅ 19 ᑲᐴᑎᒧᑦ ᐅᕙᓗᓐᓂᑦ ᑕᖅᑭᑦ 6 ᐊᓂᒍᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᕙᕐᔪᐊᕐᓇᖅᑖᓚᐅᕈᕕᑦ. ᒫᓐᓇ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᖁᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ 6 ᑕᖅᑭᓂᒃ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓗ ᓴᐅᓂᖑᓇᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᓗᓂᓗ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᒧᑦ. ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕈᕕᑦ 65 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᓴᐅᓂᖑᓇᕐᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᓄᕙᒡᓗᓂᓗ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔭᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᑦ.” ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓗᒋᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᑦ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᖕᓂ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᕐᓂᐊᕐᕕᓪᓗ ᓇᔭᖑᐊᑦ ᐃᓂᒃᓴᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᑲᐱᔭᒃᓴᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒍᒪᒍᕕᑦ.

Rankin Inlet’s water storage tank at Williamson Lake. Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie has suggested setting aside $40.5 million to improve water infrastructure in Rankin Inlet and $78.3 million for several other Nunavut communities. NNSL file photo

Community and Government Services minister targets seven communities over two years

By Kira Wronska Dorward Local Journalism Initiative

As Nunavut grows, so does the demand on the territory’s aging infrastructure.

To address that, Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie is proposing several major investments in various communities over the next two years, totalling $118.8 million in capital spending.

The availability of drinking water is among Joanasie’s primary concerns. He named several communities where his department has made “immediate measures to repair and upgrade water treatment infrastructure” in the last six months.

“Nothing illustrates just how vital access to safe drinking water is more than not having it,” he emphasized in the legislative assembly on Oct. 19.

Water treatment plant upgrades are proposed for six communities in 2024-25.

In addition, Joanasie listed several planned infrastructure projects on the docket for 2024-25, including: -$86.1 million toward 12 projects that will improve drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities in several communities.

-$3.2 million toward projects managed by the Department of Community of Government Services that will replace or improve municipal assets, such as hamlet offices, maintenance garages and fire trucks.

-$29.5 million toward capital contribution programs that provide funding directly to municipalities to initiate and manage capital improvements to municipal assets.

“Combined, these initiatives represent a total proposed capital investment of $118,779,000 toward the projects and initiatives that enhance the quality of life in Nunavut communities and advance Katujjiluta priorities by ensuring critical assets in communities have the capacity to accommodate development.”

Joanasie returned to the subject of safe drinking water infrastructure, adding that “access… is a fundamental of community life. Critical infrastructure such as water treatment and distribution systems and wastewater management facilities are built to meet the capacity needs of communities and the regulations in place at the time of their construction. As communities grow and regulations change, so do the demands on our existing, aging infrastructure.”

In terms of infrastructure project priorities, Joanasie committed that his department’s focus will be on “improvements to water

and wastewater treatment and transmission infrastructure in Nunavut’s communities. These improvements are required to mitigate risks to community water security and to [ensure] the critical infrastructure that services homes, businesses and public assets in Nunavut communities have the capacity to maintain services and accommodate expansion and growth under the Katujjiluta mandate.”

Joanasie estimates these “critical infrastructure projects” make up approximately 55 per cent of the department’s 2024-25 proposed capital budget. They include: -Design of a modern water treatment plant to replace the current pump house in Arctic Bay. -Start construction of a new water treatment plant in Grise Fiord.

-Start construction of a new wastewater treatment facility in Kinngait.

-Construction work to complete upgrades to the water intake in Kugluktuk.

-Finalize design and begin construction of a new water treatment plant in Pond Inlet.

-Continue the design and begin construction of a new water treatment plant in Sanikiluaq, capable of treating the community’s source water to meet drinking water standards.

-Continue design and begin construction work on a new/upgraded lagoon to treat wastewater in Sanikiluaq.

-Finalize design and begin construction of a mechanical wastewater treatment plant in Rankin Inlet.

-Design and construction work to replace water and sewer mains in Rankin Inlet to ensure the local system can manage flow rates and additional demands due to development.

-Continued construction of a replacement for Nuvuk Sewage Lift Station in Rankin Inlet.

-Continued construction and renewal of local water and wastewater piping systems in Rankin Inlet — a total of five projects in the community worth a combined $40.5 million, or over 25 per cent of the proposed capital appropriation request.

-Proceed with the design and construction of a new water treatment plant in Rankin Inlet with sufficient capacity to meet volume and flow rate demands of new development.

-$9 million toward the City of Iqaluit to support infrastructure improvements in water, wastewater, roads and general operations.

Pending approval of the legislative assembly, this will be the first year of a five-year block funding agreement with the city to ensure that Iqaluit has the capacity to enhance core infrastructure to provide municipal services.

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Mayors, councillors, DEA members elected and acclaimed

Voters in many Nunavut communities were able to take a trip to the polls on Monday, Oct. 23 to vote for mayor, councillors, district education authority members and, in some communities, alcohol education authority members. Kira Wronska Dorward/NNSL photo

Those who serve on council show ‘care and passion’ for their communities, says minister

By Kira Wronska Dorward Local Journalism Initiative

Nunnuvumiut headed to the polls across the territory on Oct. 23 to cast ballots in municipal elections.

Some had the idea of carpooling to polling locations, in the spirit of community and conserving resources.

Days earlier, in the legislative assembly on Oct. 20, Community and Government Services Minister David Joanasie spoke of the crucial role that local governments play.

“Serving on municipal council and making decisions on behalf of the community is a major commitment,” he said. “Elected officials on municipal councils come from various backgrounds and walks of life. One common theme among them is the care and passion they have for their community… municipal councils

spend many hours meeting throughout the year, meeting with a variety of stakeholders from in and outside the community and making decisions on behalf of the community, and providing leadership.”

He added that local leadership is “the essence of pijitsirniq, by serving and providing for family and the community, and aajiiqatigiingniq: decision-making through discussion and consensus.

“Of special note is the number of women who have put their name forward to serve as mayor and/or councillor and provide a leadership role in their community,” Joanasie also noted.

He went on to thank all candidates who put their name forward as well as the outgoing mayors and councillors. Joanasie concluded that his office would continue to support all elected officials and wished them luck.

In Sanirajak, the mayoral race resulted in a tie with Ammie H.

Every child deserves access to services that they need.

By working together, we can help communities ensure that Inuit children get the support they need now to prepare them for the future.

Learn more at Canada.ca/supporting-inuit-children or contact our national call centre 24/7 at 1-855-572-4453.

Chaque enfant mérite d’avoir accès aux services dont il a besoin.

En travaillant ensemble, nous pouvons aider les communautés à s’assurer que les enfants inuits obtiennent le soutien dont ils ont besoin maintenant afin de s’épanouir pleinement.

Pour en savoir plus, consultez le site Canada.ca/soutenir-enfants-inuits ou contactez notre centre d’appel national 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7, au 1-833-753-6326.

Kipsigak and Phillip Anguratsiaq both coming in at 57 votes.

Dustin Fredlund, chief electoral officer, stated that the Nunavut Elections Act provides two options when ties occur: choose the winner by draw if the two candidates agree: or a recount overseen by a justice of the peace. If the recount also results in a tie, the winner will be chosen by draw.

It is not known at this time what direction each community will take.

The unofficial election results and vote counts, where applicable, are as follows.

Arctic Bay — Mayor: Olayuk Naqitarvik (acclaimed) Council: Kigutikajuk, Shappa (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Elvina Natanine, Jason Issigaitok, Jude Weigel, Ashley Kataisee Taqtu, Susan Enoogoo, Morty Alooloo (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Marina Muckpaloo (acclaimed) Arviat — Mayor: Joe Savikataaq Jr. (acclaimed) Council (eight elected): Alex Ishalook, 153; Gordy Kidlapik, 147; Jimmy Main, 137; Uppahuak Gleason, 137; David Kuksuk, 134; Nathan Caskey, 134; Jason Gibbons, 127; Mike Gibbons, 110. Unelected: Darren Price, 100 District Education Authority: Jacqueline Otuk, Jackie Williams Baker Lake — Mayor: Kevin Iksiktaaryuk, 226; James Taipana, 129 Council (eight elected): Trevor Attungala, 223; Michael Akilak, 218; Becky Tootoo, 217; Grace Tagoona, 211; Adham Adose, 206; Eric John Tapatai, 199; Siobhan Doherty-Iksiktaaryuk, 194; Eva Elytook, 192. Unelected: Aquilla Amaruq, 174; David Owingayak, 147; Michael Mautaritnaaq, 115; Salomonie Pootoogook,73 District Education Authority: Siobhan Doherty-Iksiktaaryuk, Naomie Hope Itqiliq, Darlene Nukik (acclaimed) Cambridge Bay — Mayor: Wayne Gregory, 202; Derek Elias, 181; Charles Zikalala, 31 Council: Stephanie Taptuna, 325, Darren Etibloena, 276, Bessie Haomik Joy, 274, Vivienne Aknavigak, 267, Wilfred Wilcox, 260, Zachary Cziranka-Crooks, 253, Jessie Lyall, 238, Dana Langille, 232. Unelected: William Palvialok, 228; Bo Wallenius, 206; Sandi Gillis, 199.

District Education Authority: Alan Sim, Chris Crooks, Cory Baker, Adrian Nocon, Mark Slatter (acclaimed) Chesterfield Inlet — Mayor: Simionie Sammurtok, 45; Tony Amauyak 34; Mary Ann Issaluk, 25 Council: Gaetano Scala, Yvonne Bedford, Eddy Kalluk, Doriana Sammurtok, Venissa Mimialik, Charles Issaluk, Elizabeth Ippiak (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Louie Kukkiak, 86; Doriana Sammurtok, 81; Simon Aggark, 80; Russell Mullins, 69; Yvonne Bedford, 67; Geraldine Kreelak, 67; Roy Mullins, 64. Unelected: Gaetano Scala, 50; Mary Ann Issaluk, 50; David Kattegatsiak, 48; Jodi Tanuyak, 27 Alcohol Education Committee: Randy Boiteau, 98; Peter Kattegatsiak Jr., 95; Russell Mullins, 89; Gaetano Scala, 83; Yvonne Bedford, 83; Roy Mullins, 80; Gardner Walters, 80. Unelected: Shawna Mullins, 69 Continued on Page A5

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From Page A4 Clyde River — Mayor: Liemikie Palluq (acclaimed) Council: Gordon Kautuk, Mosa Palituq, Natanine Apak (acclaimed). District Education Authority: Gina Paniloo (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee (7 members): Sheila Enook (Acclaimed) Coral Harbour — Mayor: Kupapik Ningeocheak (acclaimed) Council: Lucy Nester, Willie Nakoolak, Molly Aggootealuk, Kristal Sharpe (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Darryl Nakoolak, Kidlapik Nakoolak, Jerry Paniuq, Amouyah Bernidette Eetuk, Akavak Ottokie, Willie Nakoolak, Lucy Netser (acclaimed) Gjoa Haven — Mayor: Raymond Quqshuun Sr., 258; Megan Porter, 139 Council: Results incomplete District Education Authority: Samuel Takkiruq, Hannah Kingmiaqtuq, Rebecca Ikuallaq, Jack Ameralik, Wilfrid Bagley, Mohammadali Shaikh, Carol Takkiruq (acclaimed) Grise Fiord — Mayor: Miya Kigutaak, 27; Jaypetee Peter, 16 Council: Susie Kigutak, Arqnarulunnguaq Audlaluk, Eva Muckpa, Laisa Audlaluk-Watsko, Jimmy Qaapik (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Anne Akeeagok, Larry Audlaluk (acclaimed) Iglulik — Mayor: George Auksaq, 85; George Qattalik 83; Erasmus Ivvalu, 29 Council: Celestino Uyarak, Edward Attagutaluk, Shanshan Tian, Amanda Curley, Ludger Makkik, Jacob Malliki, Celina Uttuigak (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Francis Piugattuk, Daniel Angilirq (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Isaac Haulli, Lynn Quassa, Laben Kunuk, Daniel Angilirq (acclaimed) Iqaluit — Mayor: Soloman Awa, 1,007; Vincent Yvon, 171; Lili Weemen, 90 Council: Kim Smith, 829; Romeyn Stevenson, 783; Kyle Sheppard, 741; Samuel Tilley, 688; Harry Flaherty, 686; Simon Nattaq, 665; Methusalah Kunuk, 663; Jack Anawak, 635. Unelected: Lewis Falkiner Mackay, 525; Swany Amarapala, 474; Matthew Clark, 410; Gabriel Ross, 389; Camilius Egeni, 330; Daniel Legacy, 241.

District Education Authority: Stephen Johnson, Camilius Egeni, Nicole Giles, Robynn Pavia, Jack Anawak (acclaimed) Commission scolaire francophone du Nunavut: Collins Tagnigou, Zoya Martin, Margaret Friesen, Rene Tanga, Judy Sessua (acclaimed) Apex District Education Authority: Anne Crawford, Jonathan Wright, Vincent Karetak (acclaimed) Kimmirut — Mayor: Maliktoo Lyta (acclaimed) Council: Terry Itulu, Mary Lyta, Terry Pitsiulak, Alashuk Allen (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Joanasie Atsiaq, Mary Sagiaktuk, Akulujuk Judea (acclaimed).

Alcohol Education Committee: Terry Itulu, Maliktoo Lyta, Isaac Temela,Nooshoota Laila Onalik (acclaimed) Kinngait — Mayor: Jimmy Manning (acclaimed) Council: Caleva Kelly, Andre Wilkinson, Marianne Emond, Kumaarjuk Pii, Etungat Wakta, Salomonie Ashoona, Juanisie Etidloi, Zeke Ejesiak Ejesiak (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Results incomplete Alcohol Education Committee: Frederick Hutchings, 60, Tuumasi Thoma, 58, Stephen Lawrence, 55, Chris Pudlat, 54, Marianne Emond, 47, Maata Pee Pudlat, 47, Pudloo Qiatsuk, 42. Unelected: Dana Pootoogook, 42; Alashua Kingwatsiak, 36; Caleva Kelly, 30; Jeani MacKenzie, 18.

Some Nunavummiut climbed into vehicles together to head to the polls on Oct. 23. Kira Wronska Dorward/NNSL photo Kugaaruk — Mayor: Teddy Apsaktaun (acclaimed) Council: Guido Tigvareark, Fabiola Ihakkaq, Canute Krejunark, Nick Amautinuar (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Celina Ningark, Stephen Inaksajak, Columban Pujuardjok, Beatrix Apsaktaun, Jennifer Anguti, Mark Karlik Sr. (acclaimed) Kugluktuk — Mayor: Ryan Navingalok, 168; Simon Kuliktana, 75; Helen Qimnik Klengenberg, 52; David Ho, 42; Phillip Evaglok, 7 Council: Lori Rudyk, 300, Lashwana Taipana, 289, Lucy Taipana, 277, Jodi Alderson, 264, Peter Taktogon, 264, Keisha Westwood, 252, Nadene McMenemy, 240, Angele Kuliktana, 200.

Unelected: Matilda Panioyak, 160; Maddison Montes-Fletcher, 150.

District Education Authority: Nadene McMenemy, Angele Kuliktana, Barbara Olson, Mona Aviak, Kimnek Rose Klengenberg, Darlene Metuituk (acclaimed) Naujaat — Mayor: Kevin Tegumiar, 97; Joseph Sivanertok, 24; Alan Robinson, 15 Council: Peter Mannik, John Goss, Steve Mapsalak, Levi Katokra, Rosie Kopak, Michel Akkuardjuk (acclaimed) District Education Authority: James Jimmy Immingark, Martha Iguptak, John Goss, Kwong W. Leong (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Irene Katokra, John Goss, Theresa Tagornak, Joanna Kopak, Conna Katokra (acclaimed) Pangnirtung — Mayor: Lynn Meeka Mike, 230; Stevie Komoartok, 74 Council: Janice Alivaktuk, 253; Delia Young, 239; Davidee Nauyuq, 238; Julai Alikatuktuk, 224; Sheila Kilabuk, 213; Jaco Ishulutak, 206; Davidee Kooneeliusie, 192; Markus Wilcke, 162. Unelected: Johnathan Langridge, 158; Corbin Winsor, 116.

District Education Authority: Mathew Nauyuq, Karen Douglas, Lynn Mike, Jeannie Kalai Alivaktuk, Oloosie Pitsiulak, Joanna Kilabuk-Evic (acclaimed) Pond Inlet — Mayor: Joshua Arreak, 161; David Qamaniq, 86 Council: Joshua Idlout, Elisirie Peterloosie, Guy Nutarariaq, E. Moses Koonark, Kadloo Cornelius Nutarak, Sharon Ootook (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Boazie Ootoova, Susie Simonee (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Mark Nutarak, Phanuel Enooagak Qikiqtarjuaq — Mayor: Daisy Arnaquq (acclaimed) Council: Mika Nookiguak, Geela Qiyuqtaq, Jonah M. Audlakiak, Jonah Keeyookta (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Billy Mikoalik, Rosie Alikatuktuk, Kitty Natsiapik, Mary Alikatuktuk, Jonah Keeyookta (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Mika Nookiguak, Billy Mikoalik, Jamie Audlakiak, Mary Alikatuktuk (acclaimed) Rankin Inlet — Mayor: Harry Towtongie, 183, Megan Pizzo-Lyall, 178 Council: Chris Eccles, Levi Curley, Michael Shouldice, David Jr. Kakuktinniq, Danny Kowmuk, Art Sateana, Martha Hickes (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Sheila Schweder, Ford Widrig, Mike Osmond, Margaret Uruluk Okatsiak (acclaimed) Resolute Bay — Mayor: Aziz Kheraj, 35, Mark Amarualik, 18; Mike Stephens, 6 Council: Jazlin Salluviniq (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Jazlin Salluviniq (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Ralph Alexander, Mathew Nungaq, Lori Nungaq (acclaimed) Sanikiluaq — Mayor: Results incomplete Council: Christina L’heureux, Lucy Appaqaq, Sarah Kittosuk, Lucy Uppik, Dinah Kittosuk, Johnny Appaqaq, Johnny Inuktaluk (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Johnny Inuktaluk, Lucy Appaqaq, Lucy Uppik, Christina L’heureux (acclaimed) Sanirajak — Mayor: The mayoral race for Sanirajak was tied at 57 votes apiece for candidates Ammie H. Kipsigak and Phillip Anguratsiaq. Unelected: Jason Kaernerk, 33; David Curley, 24 Council: Results incomplete District Education Authority: Elizabeth Kakooteenik, Dora Kelly Quayaut, Emelia Jayko, Martha Quqqiaq, James Saittuq (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Janice Curley, Mary Angotautok, Rachel Aglak, Eunice Tungilik, Laimiki Innuarak, George Innuksuk, Asena Kaernerk, Anne Curley (acclaimed) Taloyoak — Mayor: Lenny Panigayak, 117; Chuck Lyall, 80 Council: Dora Kelly Quayaut, James Saittuq, Fiona Neeveacheak, Solomon Iqalliyuq, David Totalik, Tommy Aiyout, Cecile Lyall (acclaimed) District Education Authority: Elizabeth Kakooteenik; Dora Kelly Quayaut; Emelia Jayko, Martha Quqqiaq; James Saittuq (acclaimed) Whale Cove — Mayor: Oliver Shipton, 67, Gerard Maktar, 46 Council: Megan Angootealuk, 86; Joefrey Okalik, 84; Guy Enuapik, 84; Sam Arualak, 83; Mariah Okalik, 76; Molly Okalik, 68; Eva Voisey, 62; Michael Angutetuar, 52. Unelected: Manu Nattar, 48; Elizabeth Kabloona, 41; Terri Rose Teenar, 20.

District Education Authority: Lavenia Angutituar, Manu Nattar, Patricia Enuapik, Lu-Anne Saumik, Morgan Payne (acclaimed) Alcohol Education Committee: Agatha Ekwalak, Manu Nattar, Molly Okalik, Jonathan Ekwalak, Morgan Payne (acclaimed)

Towtongie returns Incumbent Rankin Inlet mayor narrowly beats challenger

By Stewart Burnett Northern News Services Local Journalism Initiative Rankin Inlet

Harry Towtongie is returning for a second term as mayor of Rankin Inlet after the Oct. 23 municipal election. Stewart Burnett/NNSL photo

Harry Towtongie was fielding a lot of phone calls Monday night as the election results came in.

With five out of five polls reporting, Towtongie was re-elected mayor of Rankin Inlet, narrowly surpassing challenger Megan Pizzo-Lyall with 183 votes to her 178.

“I’m thankful to my supporters and I’m thankful to my family, my wife,” said Towtongie Monday night.

He congratulated Pizzo-Lyall on making a good run for it.

“I hope she’ll get in one of these times,” he said. “I congratulate her for all her work.”

Towtongie will be serving his second term as mayor of Rankin Inlet.

“I’m going to try to do better,” he said. “I’m going to try to help my community better and I hope I can last the four years. I’m going to do my best.”

He thanked his supporters again and said he will hopefully make a difference in the community.

“I know that Harry will do the best he can during this term and I wish him all the best,” said Pizzo-Lyall the following morning.

“There’s a lot of work ahead of him and I know the new council will keep him on his toes.”

Among the other unofficial municipal election results from Oct. 23, Kevin Iksiktaaryuk was elected mayor of Baker Lake with 226 votes to James Taipana’s 129, while Kevin Tegumiar secured the mayor’s seat in Naujaat with 97 of 136 votes. His competitors were Joseph Sivanertok and Alan Robinson.

In Whale Cove, Oliver Shipton beat Gerard Maktar for mayor with 67 votes to his opponent’s 46.

Simionie Sammurtok became mayor of Chesterfield Inlet against competitors Tony Amauyak and Mary Ann Issaluk.

Acclaimed mayors include Arviat’s Joe Savikataaq Jr. and Coral Harbour’s Kupapik Ningeocheak.

Full results can be found at the Elections Nunavut website at elections.nu.ca.

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Nakashuk promises improvements in child welfare

Health Minister John Main gets his Covid shot at the legislative assembly from nurse Aileen Austria on Oct. 23. Photo courtesy of the Government of Nunavut

By Kira Wronska Dorward Local Journalism Initiative

Department of Family Services Minister Margaret Nakashuk has acknowledged and accepted the findings of the Auditor General’s reports regarding “sustainable and effective challenges to the child welfare challenges faced in Nunavut.”

In the legislative assembly on Oct. 19, she also spoke of the development of her department’s strategic plan as a response to the findings. This includes initiatives like hiring, training, onboarding, and providing wraparound staff supports.

“We are exploring professional education opportunities, employment incentives, partnerships, and other innovative approaches. The project involves close collaboration with territorial and regional staff in Family Services and other government departments,” said Nakashuk. “We’re bringing in a quality assurance process, better standards and chances for staff to grow. The plan also includes a way to carefully assess how well we’re helping our clients. I hope to table the strategic plan in this House in the coming months.”

The minister offered an apology for “systemic deficiencies” and the “very personal impact this has had on vulnerable Nunavummiut.”

She assured the legislative assembly that the best interests of families and children are being served with “immediate and sustainable steps.”

“I am committed to ensuring that history is not repeated,” she concluded.

Nunavut signs MOU with Ontario to explore areas of mutual benefit The Nunavut and Ontario governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore areas of mutual benefits such as healthcare, transportation, infrastructure, training and Indigenous relations.

The MOU was inked during Premier P.J. Akeeagok’s visit to Ontario and meeting with that province’s premier, Doug Ford, in August.

Akeeagok went on to cite the long history of a “mutually beneficial relationship” between the territory and Ontario, whereby Nunavut has provided economic opportunities in exchange for goods and services. He also emphasized Ontario’s role as a “key travel hub” between the two partners.

“A cooperation and implementation committee will be established to advance our joint priorities outlined in this understanding,” said Nunavut’s premier.

“Partnership is a priority of the Katujjiluta mandate, and I truly believe that Ontario can be a key player in Canada’s nation-building efforts right here in the North.”

MLAs still fighting for Elder care closer to home Netsilik MLA Joseph Quqqiaq raised the issue of out-of-territory advanced levels of care for Elders, calling it “very unfortunate that we cannot yet provide

that level of care here in our home territory.”

Many Elders are placed in facilities in Ottawa, but, speaking in the legislative assembly last week, Quqqiaq argued that it’s time-consuming and difficult for their family members in Nunavut to visit as often as they would wish.

He called on the government to “fully explore opportunities to place our Elders who cannot receive the level of care they need in Nunavut in locations that are geographically closer to their families.

It would mean so much to their loved ones.”

“Our neighbours in the Northwest Territories have long been welcoming medical patients,” he said. “It would make so much sense if Elders… could receive long-term care in Yellowknife.

It would also cost significantly less for family members to visit them. Likewise, Edmonton, or even Winnipeg would be more accessible locations.”

Later in the session, Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet MLA Alexander Sammurtok also raised the issue, calling on Health Minister John Main to speak on the Oct. 12 deadline for long-term care operator request for proposals and the Oct. 17 extended deadline for further information.

“The long-term care facility in Rankin Inlet is nearing completion. I am confident that being able to stay in our territory will be a great relief to many Elders, who otherwise have received care in the south,” Sammurtok said.

Main replied that as the contract was still open, he could not speak to an exact date for the opening of the facility in Rankin Inlet, but that construction had been delayed, making for an anticipated opening in spring 2024.

Sammurtok continued, “One of the key factors in providing long-term care in the North is to ensure that Elders receive care in a culturally appropriate manner here in their own language, eating their own food and being in the familiar environment. Can the minister provide further information on how long he anticipates it will take to staff the facility and what assurances he can

make that Nunavummiut will be hired to work there?”

Main responded that local and Inuit employment would be expectations of the successful bidder for the employment contract, “but I agree completely with the member that it’s really important for Elders to be served in the language of their choice. For many, I would expect it would be Inuktitut, as well as the cultural components that he mentioned.”

Main also stressed that success of Arctic College’s personal care worker course, and that these graduates would make excellent candidates for future employment at and other facilities.

Public intoxication has ‘grown significantly,’ says Iqaluit MLA RCMP presence heightened and GN engaging Canada Post and airlines to increase screenings for alcohol, drugs

By Kira Wronska Dorward Local Journalism Initiative

Iqaluit Manirajak MLA Adam Lightstone rose in the legislative assembly on Oct. 20 to speak about the “growing concern in the city about the state of public safety in the community.”

“During the summer months, my office received numerous calls and concerns from constituents regarding the deteriorating public safety situation, especially in the area near the beer and wine store,” he said.

He cited a number of disturbing accounts his office received about intoxicated individuals in other public venues around the city “where families gather and these are places which are supposed to be safe and feel safe.”

Lightstone thanked Lorne Kusugak, the minister responsible for the Nunavut Liquor and Cannabis Commission, for his quick response to the situation

by heightening the security presence around the beer and wine store, and said he would continue to follow up during the fall session of the legislative assembly.

“As I have previously noted on a number of occasions, it is apparent to anyone with eyes that the problem of public intoxication in this community has grown significantly worse in recent years and it is apparent that we need a strategy to both improve public safety and address the complex treatment needs of those who are suffering from mental health and addiction,” Lightstone continued. “I also want to acknowledge and thank the Minister of Justice for acting on my request to have senior officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police meet with Iqaluit MLAs regarding initiatives to enhance public safety in Iqaluit.”

Lightstone acknowledged that it is a “complex issue involving many stakeholders… I am committed to using my voice in this House to ensure

“It is apparent that we need a strategy to both improve public safety and address the complex treatment needs of those who are suffering from mental health and addiction,” says Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Lightstone. The Canadian Press/Dustin Patar that we as a legislature and government are fulfilling our fundamental responsibility to protect our communities and Nunavummiut.”

Later in the session, Justice Minister David Akeeagok noted in response that “this is a very complex issue that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have been trying to combat with help from other agencies in terms of trying to make sure that public safety is paramount. They do have resources here for public safety and something for which I applaud the RCMP… Through that, a lot of work and resources have been put into this and our V division is very responsive if there are requests for additional protection requests.”

Lightstone responded: “As the minister will be aware, the Iqaluit City Council unanimously passed a motion at its recent meeting of Sept. 12, concerning the urgent need to reduce the flow of alcohol and hard drugs into this community… a specific issue that I will focus on today is the need

to enhance security screening to reduce the amount of alcohol and hard drugs that are entering Nunavut by air and impacting Iqaluit’s public safety.”

Akeeagok said he’s been in discussions about increased checks and balances through the airlines and Canada Post.

“One of tools that we can use are those X-ray machines that are in our southern airports to reduce a lot of that coming into the territory. That is a federal agency that oversees that, and it is something about which I am having discussions.

As justice minister, too, I have written to Canada Post. We had a very successful pilot project before for northern Quebec and Baffin Island for a 90-day trial. I have asked those responsible for Canada Post to implement that for our three southern mail facilities to do exactly that. If they need resources, I’m willing to provide resources as a government...

It’s been proven that we can stop alcohol and hard drugs through that process.”

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NDP leader and Nunavut MP pitch $500 million to build 3,000 homes by 2030

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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Nunavut MP Lori Idlout came together in Iqaluit on Friday to announce proposed solutions for two key issues related to the high-cost of living in the North.

“Food, and a home,” said the New Democratic leader.

“Those are the two most important things, and those are two things the people of Nunavut have been struggling for.”

Singh promised $500 million of “dedicated funding directly to Nunavut” to build 3,000 homes by 2030, which would meet a housing goal set by the territorial government.

“There’s so much need in Iqaluit and Nunavut,” he said. “We want to see immediate investment… to build more homes immediately here in Nunavut.”

Next, he addressed the cost of groceries and directly criticized the federal government’s Nutrition North subsidy program.

“It does not work. It does not reach the people who need it… we need a full overhaul of the

program. We’ve long been calling for it and ramping up pressure.”

During his fourth trip to Nunavut, Singh went on to propose that grocers “pay an excess profit tax,” putting that revenue “back in people’s pockets so they can afford their groceries. We can do this. We can take on the corporate greed. We can take on these grocery store companies that are ripping off people.”

Idlout, who introduced Singh in Inuktitut, said afterwards in English, that she believes Singh to be a great leader because he fights for “Indigenous peoples’ rights. When it comes to Indigenous peoples, he makes sure that we’re all working harder to make sure that we’re making progress for Inuit, First Nations and Metis.”

Singh praised Idlout in turn, saying, “We’re so lucky to have Lori Idlout on our team as our Member of Parliament for Nunavut. She is someone who is incredibly capable as a lawyer, as an advocate for human rights, as someone who’s fought for people being able to have a

better quality of life. She is a strong champion for Nunavut, I want everyone to know she is there every day in Parliament making sure that your concerns are listened to, and that we get action. And she has delivered!”

Singh went on to list Idlout’s past accomplishments, such as championing water infrastructure in Iqaluit, doubling the GST rebate and protecting the rights of Indigenous people to use firearms.

“Now we’re up against some major challenges, and Lori as your MP has been raising this again and again. We know the cost of living is hard across the country, but it is much harder in the North. Every single thing that we think about is hitting people in the North a lot harder, and the people of Nunavut are feeling that pain.”

Citing the cost of groceries — triple that of the south — or the cost of rental housing, Singh emphasized that this is simply “outside the range of most people. We know that we need to see immediate action, and that’s why we’re pushing back… so, here’s what we’re

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and MP Lori Idlout announce NDP proposals to address the high cost of living while in Iqaluit on Friday. Kira Wronska Dorward/NNSL photo proposing at a time when Liberals are just not doing what people need. Every single thing that has come out of government recently, has come out because we have forced them.”

The NDP has been involved in an unofficial alliance with the governing Liberals over the past year and a half.

Singh concluded, “You know you can count on me. You can count on my entire team. You can count on Lori Idlout, your Member of Parliament. You can count on the New Democrats, we’re on your side, and you can count on these two concrete things we’re going to do to make sure people’s lives are better.”

Lori Idlout earns Nunavut NDP nomination ’For decades, Nunavummiut have lived in deplorable conditions,’ says incumbent MP

By Kira Wronska Dorward Local Journalism Initiative

A day after announcing the NDP’s two new proposals to combat rising rent and housing costs, Lori Idlout received the NDP Nunavut nomination

during a closed-door meeting on Oct. 21 in Iqaluit.

An Oct. 23 news release credits Idlout and other caucus members for securing millions of funds for the National Indigenous Collaborative Housing program, while praising Idlout

in particular for advocating tirelessly for the Northern Indigenous peoples, from securing firearm rights to opposing the “harmful” expansion of the Baffinland iron mine.

On Oct. 20, Idlout and national NDP leader Jagmeet Singh

“I believe I’m the right person to fight for Nunavut, to fight for justice and better conditions for Indigenous people,” says Nunavut MP Lori Idlout, who has again earned the nomination to represent the NDP. NNSL file photo

held a press conference together in Iqaluit’s Astro Terrace building, where the pair announced a plan for both a tax on grocery chain profits and as well as $500 million in immediate housing funds. The next day, Idlout received the NDP nomination for the territory.

“Lori has done such important work for Northern and Indigenous peoples in Nunavut,” stated NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. “She’s been remarkable in fighting for her community in Ottawa on issues like affordability, food prices, and housing. Lori is a tireless advocate for the people of Nunavut. Imagine what more New Democrats could accomplish for (Northerners) with an even bigger caucus.”

Idlout pledged to continue as a strong voice for Inuit and Northern interests in Parliament.

“Too few voices are fighting for Northern and First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Ottawa. For decades,

Nunavummiut have lived in deplorable conditions, and they need someone who will advocate for them to change the status quo,” said Idlout. “I believe I’m the right person to fight for Nunavut, to fight for justice and better conditions for Indigenous people — not the Liberals, who time and time again have let Northern and Indigenous communities down.

“The Liberals tried to take away many Nunavummiut’s way of feeding themselves and their families by adding a last-minute amendment to ban certain hunting rifles, and we fought back. The NDP has fought to reform Nutrition North, so people get the subsidy, not big box stores. New Democrats understand what Northern, Indigenous communities and the most vulnerable are going through, and I’m looking forward to building on the work of the NDP caucus,” added Idlout, who was elected Nunavut’s MP in the 2021 federal election.

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Legacy Fund takes spotlight at annual general meeting Legacy Fund ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ KIA moves towards utilizing $116 million currently held in fund

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓂᕆᕕᒡᔪᐊᖅᑎᑎᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᑕᖅᑭᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ. ᐊᔾᔨᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᓐᓄᑦ

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ $116 ᒥᓕᔭᓐᑖᓚᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᕕᐅᓚᐅᖏᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐸᐸᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ

by Darrell Greer Northern News Services

The Kivalliq Inuit Association’s (KIA) Legacy Fund was the highlight of the regional Inuit association’s annual general meeting at the Siniktarvik Hotel in Rankin Inlet on Oct. 11 and 12.

The AGM saw the Legacy Fund take a number of important steps forward at the gathering, including the fund being separated from the organization’s main financial statements.

The Legacy Fund was set up four years ago from revenue the KIA receives from resource extractions.

The fund receives royalties from Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), as well as monetary boosts from Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Ukkusiksalik National Park near Naujaat, any dividends Sakku Investments may have and a certain fund amount from any penalties AEM may incur from not meeting its (Inuit) employment targets.

KIA chief operating officer Gabe Karlik said the bylaw for the Legacy Fund has very specific terms that must be followed, such as separating the account and doing an annual report, which the organization has already completed.

He said the next phase is to set-up the spending guidelines which will allow the KIA to start moving forward with the fund.

“This has been a longtime coming,” said Karlik.

“It’s an amazing opportunity and, once finalized, we can start utilizing the $116 million currently available in the Legacy Fund. In fact, we’re in the process of starting to use that money soon.

“The bylaw has specific guidelines as to how monies in the Legacy Fund can be spent, including a Community Initiative Fund specific to the region’s seven communities and an Education Fund.

“It also has an Income Stabilization Fund which has a guaranteed amount of $5 million in it every year.”

Karlik said the Income Stabilization Fund is an investment fund that works to guarantee monies available in both the Education and Community Initiative funds. He said, this year, for the very first time, the KIA had to deny applications for student support; a shortcoming the organization

News Briefs Gjoa Haven votes to keep alcohol restrictions in place

Goja Haven will remain an alcohol-prohibited community following a plebiscite held on Oct. 23.

Only 40 per cent of voters, or 155 people, were in favour of a change from the existing strict alcohol-control system in place. There will continue to be no sale, consumption, transportation or possession of alcohol under current regulations.

Under Nunavut’s Liquor Act, a 60 per cent majority vote is required to change a community’s policies.

“There will be no changes to the liquor system in Gjoa Haven,” said Finance Minister Lorne Kusugak. “Thank you to the residents for voting in the plebiscite.”

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would like very much to not have to repeat.

“We spent $4.3 million on supporting students but there’s more and more students applying.

We’ve seen the number of students applying increase to 401 from 130 just three years ago.

“That increase is good news and there’s still more people applying, so the future is looking bright for students going down south and getting their educations which, of course, is what we want.

“Right now, we need to be able to support them even more.” Karlik said more good news from the AGM is that the KIA board is in support of the Affordable Housing Plan, which will be moving forward in about a year or so.

“Hopefully, if all goes according to plan, the KIA will build approximately 83 housing units for the region during the next five years.

“The criteria is to make it affordable. “It’s not going to the Public Housing sector, but it will create an opportunity to make it as affordable as possible for people who want to purchase units.

“As many are aware, it’s pretty hard to buy houses up North in the current climate.”

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦᑕ Legacy Fund−ᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐱᑕᖃᖏᓕᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᐅᒍᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᓗᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓯᓂᒃᑕᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑲᖏᖅᖠᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᒃᑐᐱᕆ 11-ᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ 12-ᒥ. ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕆᔭᖓᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ Legacy Fund-ᖑᓂᕋᖅᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐊᕕᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᔭᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ Legacy Fund ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᓕᖅᑐᓂ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᓂᖏᖅᑕᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᖔᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᓐᓂᑦ. ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᖅᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᒪᑕ ᓂᖏᖅᑕᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐅ​ ᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᓂᑦ Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖃᑦᑕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᖓ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᓐᖓᕕᒃᑯᑦ ᑎᒥᖓᓐᓂᑦ, ᐅᒃᑯᓯᒃᓴᓕᒃ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᒥᓐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕐᕕᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᓴᓂᐊᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᓇᐅᔮᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᒃᑯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᒥᐊᒃᑯᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕈᑎᖃᕌᖓᑕᓗ ᐊᑭᓖᒋᐊᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑭᓖᖏᓐᓂᕆᔭᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑖᕆᒋᐊᖃᖅᑕᒥᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᒐᒃᓯᒑᖓᑕ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᐅᒃᑲᓐᓂᖅᐸᒃᑐᓂᒃ.

Nunavut The Government of Nunavut has released some information on the benefits of becoming a licensed daycare provider from your home.

“Taking care of more than four children under the age of 12 in your home requires a licence from the Department of Education – it’s the law,” stated a news release issued Oct. 23.

“Take your care to the next level by becoming a licensed provider.”

Becoming a licensed provider means one can obtain a government subsidy and offer $10 per day daycare, receive additional funding support, access early learning resources, benefit from specialized training and access a network of care providers and supports.

More information can be found on the Department of Education’s website.

Vaccine recommendation

Nunavut The Department of Health is reminding Nunavummiut of an increased risk of getting sick from influenza, Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses during the fall and winter months.

“Effective prevention measures are available

The Kivalliq Inuit Association holds a community feast in celebration of the regional Inuit association’s annual general meeting being held in Rankin Inlet earlier this month. Photo courtesy of KIA

ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦᑕ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᔨᓪᓚᕆᖓᑦ ᒌᑉ ᖃᕐᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᒐᕌᓛᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕆᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ Legacy Fund ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᖃᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᒪᓕᒃᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᓲᕐᓗ ᐃᖕᒥᒃᑰᓕᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕆᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓪᓗ, ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐅᓕᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ. ᑐᖏᓕᐊᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᒃᓴᓕᐅᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᐅᓚᔭᒍᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ. “ᐊᑯᓂ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓯᒪᖏᓐᓇᑦᑎᒍ,” ᖃᕐᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐅᐱᓐᓇᑦᓯᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᔭᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ, ᐱᐊᓂᒃᓯᒪᓕᖅᐸᑕ, ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᒍᑦ $116 ᒥᓕᔭᓐ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᔪᓐᓇᓕᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᓕᔭᐅᕙᒃᑐᑦ Legacy Fund. ᑕᐃᒪᓘᓐᓃᑦ, ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓵᖑᓂᐊᖅᑐᒥ. “ᒪᓕᒐᕋᓛᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᖅ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ Legacy Fund , ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᓂ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᐅᑉ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ 7−ᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑕᖃᕆᓪᓗᓂ. “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕆᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓪᓗ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦᓯᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᕆᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕋᔭᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ $5 ᒥᓕᔭᓐᑖᓚᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᑦ.” ᖃᕐᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕆᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖏᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓄᑦ

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᓄᓪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂᓗ, ᑕᒡᕙᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᒥ, ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᕿᐱᓗᒋᐊᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᒍᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ; ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᓗ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ ᕿᐱᓗᒃᑲᓐᓂᕈᒪᓇᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓂ ᖃᐃᔪᓂ. “ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᓚᐅᖅᐳᒍᑦ $4.3ᒥᓕᔭᓐᑖᓚᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᖢᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᐅᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᖑᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ. ᐊᒥᓱᖑᖅᑎᒋᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ 401-ᖑᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓂ ᖄᐃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᓂ 130 ᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᖢᑎᒃ. “ᐊᒥᓱᖑᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᐅᕗᖅ ᑐᓴᖅᖢᒍ ᓱᓕ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᑐᖃᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᓂ, ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕆᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᖑᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᐊᖅᐳᑦ ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇᐃᓕᐅᖁᔨᓪᓗᑕᓗ. “ᑕᐃᒪ ᒫᓐᓇ, ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᖅᐸᕗᑦ,” ᖃᕐᓕᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑐᓴᒐᒃᓴᑦᓯᐊᕙᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᖅᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᕐᔪᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑐᐃᖕᒪᑕ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᕐᔪᐊᓕᐅᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᒋᐊᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓗᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐊᓂᒎᒃᐸᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᓪᓘᓐᓃᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪᑐᖅ, ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᕗᑦ ᑲᔪᓯᑦᓯᐊᖅᐸᑕ, ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᒃᑯᖏᑦ ᓴᓇᒍᒪᕗᑦ 83-ᓂᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᑭᕙᓪᓕᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᓂ ᖃᐃᔪᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ. “ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ. “ᑭᒃᑯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᖅᑕᐅᔪᑎᑑᖏᑦᑐᖅ, ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓗᓂ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᑖᕈᒪᔪᓄᑦ. “ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓕᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ, ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅᑖᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᕋᑉᑕ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓯᓚ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ.”

and seasonal vaccines are an important tool to help protect individuals and communities,” stated a news release from the department.

Flu and Covid-19 vaccines are free and available at all health centres in Nunavut.

“It is safe and recommended to receive both the flu and Covid-19 vaccine during the same appointment,” stated the department.

“The updated Moderna Covid-19 vaccine is recommended for individuals if it has been six months since a previous dose of a Covid-19 vaccine or if it has been at least six months since a suspected or confirmed Covid-19 infection.

Current national recommendations are for all individuals aged six months and older to receive a flu vaccine. If you are 65 years or older, a separate flu vaccine with additional protection for this age group is available.”

Contact your local health centre or public health unit to book an appointment if you wish.

Mentorship Program.

“This program supports tourism business owners in Nunavut to leverage their skills, knowledge and professional capacity to grow their businesses” states a public service announcement from the territorial government.

The program offers five Inuit tourism business owners and operators up to 10 days of dedicated training, including virtual and in-person sessions. The mentorships will last four to six months each.

Four of the five spots had already been filled as of the middle of last week, so the territorial government is looking for applications to fill the last vacancy in the program. Eligibility requirements are that all applicants must be Nunavut Inuit and own a tourism business in the territory.

Please send a letter of interest to dperezcasas@gov.nu.ca that includes information about yourself, your business, what makes you an ideal candidate for the program, and what tourism services you offer.

For more information, please contact Daylen Perez Casas, senior advisor of tourism development, at the above listed email address or call 1-888-975-5999.

Inuit Tourism Board Mentorship Program almost full

Nunavut’s Department of Economic Development and Transportation is accepting applications until Nov. 15 for the Inuit Tourism Board

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Baker Lake leading the way for children’s play areas in the Kivalliq

By Darrell Greer Northern News Services

Kids in Baker Lake are enjoying the latest playground to be constructed in their community earlier this month.

Hamlet senior administrative officer Sheldon Dorey said the community had been trying to get the playground structure up and running for the past few years, but were hindered by the Covid pandemic and shipping challenges.

He said the hamlet was finally able to get the playground up on this year’s sealift and the beautiful structure proved itself worth the wait.

The $250,000 playground is located not far from the middle of the community, near the town’s parking garage.

Dorey said the driving force behind the new playground was the success being enjoyed by a number of beautiful play areas already in service in the community, and the hours upon hours of enjoyment local kids derive from them.

He said the community currently has about five popular playground sites, including an indoor site.

“We had a big, older wooden play structure previously in that location which was deteriorating. About two or three years ago we were forced to tear it down and we’ve been trying ever

since to get a new one constructed,” said Dorey.

“We applied for some money for the project and were fortunate enough to receive it, although it took a little while for us to get it in the community because of challenges presented by manufacturing, Covid and sealift. “ So it’s a replacement for a structure that was down there and we’re continuing to look for upgrades to existing play areas in the community.

“We have a fairly spread-out community, so it’s nice to have little structures in various areas in our community for our children to be able to play on.”

Dorey said the younger kids in the community, especially, have a ball playing at the sites.

He said during the construction of the new playgrounds, workers had a struggle to keep the kids away from the construction area, as they were just so excited to start playing at the venue when they realized a new one was going up.

“The playground officially opened during the first week of October and we’ve received nothing but positive feedback from the community since then.

“Our next step is to put a little picnic table down there and some garbage receptacles, so parents can go down and watch their kids play.

“It’s great to see the kids and their parents out interacting with each other instead of stuck in front of a computer, cell phone or some other

“It was, really, more than anything else, just a very preliminary discussion with a number of various funding partners.”

A new $250,000 playground erected near the town garage in Baker Lake earlier this month is proving itself a big hit with both kids and parents in the community. Photo courtesy Sheldon Dorey electronic device.”

Word has also been spreading around Baker about the possible construction of a new rec complex for the community.

While the concept is a bright one for Baker that would be welcomed with open arms by the community, Dorey said there really isn’t too much to report on the matter at this time.

“That would be a really big project for the community and I can’t comment on it too much at this point in time.

“It would take a longtime for a project of

that magnitude to come to fruition and we have a number of priorities in our community right now.

“It was, really, more than anything else, just a very preliminary discussion with a number of various funding partners.

“If it ever were to happen one day, however, it would be a tremendous benefit to the community and the entire region for that matter because it would provide another prime facility to host regional events and bring some of them out of always being hosted by Rankin Inlet.”

Chesterfield Inlet rec coordinator named one of the best ‘You’re always going to have your ups and downs no matter who you’re working with to host important events.’

By Darrell Greer Northern News Services Chesterfield Inlet

Chesterfield Inlet recreation coordinator Russell Mullins is to be honoured for his efforts in improving sports and recreation in his home community, but with the awards ceremony being held in Iqaluit during ice-making season in the community, chances are good Mullins will not be making the trip to Iqaluit to accept his award.

Mullins said he appreciates being

Chesterfield Inlet recreation coordinator Russell Mullins presents Ivalo Leishman Brocklebank with her gold medal as, back from left, Ana Leishman, Rebecca Penney and David Penney look on during the territorial Arctic sports trials in Chesterfield Inlet earlier this month.

Photo courtesy Glen Brocklebank recognized for his work, but getting the hockey season off to a great start in home community is his top priority right now.

Although he won’t be attending the award presentation, he said it still makes him happy to know his work is appreciated.

“Our numbers of people playing hockey in Chester is growing every year. Other than our oldest group, every age group after that has its own team and we’re pretty stoked about that.

“The days of having to sneak a few

atoms players onto our Powerful Peewees team are long behind us now. We just don’t need to do that anymore.

“My top priority right now is getting our kids on the ice and having them start their new hockey season.

“We’re seeing more and more kids getting involved with different sports now. At the territorial trial here earlier this month, I’d say about 99 per cent of the juniors who came to play were first time athletes in the Inuit games.

That has to look good for the future, at least the way I see it anyway.”

He helped the community host those territorial Arctic sports trials for the team that will represent Nunavut at the 2024 Arctic Winter Games in Alaska.

Mullins said, in his opinion, the trials in Chesterfield Inlet went perfect.

He said he was proud to see so many of the athletes from his hometown do so well at the event.

“You’re always going to have your ups and downs no matter who you’re working with to host important events,” said Mullins, who has been recreation coordinator in the community for four

years. “The biggest challenge I faced in pulling off the Arctic sports trials was finding somewhere for everyone to stay in my community.

“I was, of course, a little nervous going into it, but everything worked out OK. “Coral Harbour never made it.

They were supposed to come in but got weathered out. At the beginning we were supposed to have 60 athletes come in but, when all was said and done, we ended up with 30, which still worked out OK.”

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Chesterfield Inlet athletes show well on home court for Arctic sports qualifier

More than 30 participants took part in the territorial Arctic games qualifier in Chesterfield Inlet sponsored by Sport Nunavut earlier this month. Photo courtesy Glen Brocklebank

Year of the rookie competitor vying for Artctic Winter Games roster spots

By Darrell Greer Northern News Services Chesterfield Inlet

The Arctic sports tryout for the 2024 Arctic Winter Games (AWG) in Alaska took a unique twist with the vast majority of athletes over all age groups being rookies to the sport.

The tryouts were held in Chesterfield Inlet earlier this month with more than 30 athletes competing for a spot on Nunavut’s Arctic sports squad for the AWG. The event was overseen by the not-for-profit sports organization Sport Nunavut, which is not to be confused with the Sport and Recreation Division of Community

and Government Services Chesterfield Inlet’s award-winning recreation director, Russell Mullins, oversaw the event.

Local sports lover and community volunteer Glen Brocklebank was a scorekeeper for the tryout and said there were quite a few athletes new to Arctic sports at the event.

He said the Chesterfield Inlet contingent came on really strong.

A lot of the athletes for Arctic sports during the past two decades came out of Chesterfield Inlet, so their participants did very well.

“James Tautu was second overall in the open male category, Elizabeth Kukkiak tied for first in open fe-

males, Ivalu Leishman Brocklebank was first in junior females, Myra Kadjuk was third overall in junior females and Austin Mullins was third overall for junior males,” said Brocklebank.

“They haven’t announced the AWG team yet for Arctic sports.

With the territorial tryouts, there were some communities who had between 15 or 18 competitors sign up,” he added. “They were told that rather than board a plane and try to fly into Chester together, they were to host their own event and submit their results to Sport Nunavut.

While the Chesterfield Inlet event was one of the main events, Brockle-

bank said there were other events in communities that had a lot of people competing.

He said overall he felt the event in Chesterfield Inlet ran very smoothly, with the community welcoming everyone with open arms.

“The athletes from out of town all seemed to get along very well.

Everybody, kind of, said that Chester was a very friendly community,” said Brocklebank.

“All the senior athletes were billeted and the younger ones stayed at the school.

“All in all, I think it was a positive experience for most, if not all, of the athletes.”

Chesterfield Inlet’s Ivalo Leishman Brocklebank, right, took the junior girls overall gold medal, while Austin Mullins, also of Chesterfield Inlet, took the overall bronze medal in the junior boys category during the territorial Arctic games qualifier in Chesterfield Inlet earlier this month.

Photo courtesy of Glen Brocklebank

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To sustain hope for Indigenous language revitalization funding must change, commissioner hears Rejuvenating languages will ‘give voice to our traditions, customs and laws on the land,’ says Ronald Ignace

There is “much that needs to be improved” in the Indigenous Languages Act, says Ronald E. Ignace, but the federal legislation provides a starting point.

“One of the things in the co-development of the act, one of the things that we wanted to ensure, is that the act be like a living agreement, that it will grow with us through time,” said Ignace.

He was appointed in 2021 as Canada’s first commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages (OCIL). His appointment came two years after the Indigenous Languages Act was passed. And only this past June was the commission’s head office officially opened in Ottawa.

The legislation recognizes the “rights of Indigenous peoples related to Indigenous laws,” but its power comes in the implementation process, says Ignace.

“What will bring back our languages is what Indigenous people, leaders and Canada do with that legislation. That will lead to transformative change to our languages. That will give voice to our traditions, customs and laws on the land,” he said.

Ignace is clear that it is not the role of the commissioner’s office to determine how the act will grow and change. His office will ensure that the Heritage minister, under whose department the legislation falls, consults with Indigenous people, who will “define what the needs are going forward (and) the commission will be there to support them in that endeavour.”

And among those needs is adequate, sustainable, and long-term funding. Indigenous languages programs are currently funded by proposals on an annual basis.

More funding needed At the first national meeting hosted by the commission in September on the traditional territory of the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc, Ignace heard what he’s been hearing for years: Funding has to change.

It was the same message he received in his previous positions as chair of the Ministerial Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures (2003-2005).

In 2016 to 2021, Ignace served as advisor to then Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde on Indigenous languages and ‘co-development’ to make sure Metis and Inuit were well engaged as co-partners in the language legislation.

And the difference now, he says, is that there is legislation.

Legislation commits the government to go to Treasury Board and begin to be engaged in the resourcing of Indigenous languages.

“Up until then it’s (been) up to the goodwill of the government,” said Ignace.

However, he admits, legislation that urges funding doesn’t solve the issue entirely as the government battles “huge deficits” because of economic stimulation during the coronavirus pandemic.

“I’m always hopeful that the government will recognize that if they are to achieve reconciliation that they have to invest in our languages and in the revitalization of our languages, because our language is tied to the land and it is important to our life,” said Ignace.

On top of that, he says in his OCIL 2021-2022 inaugural annual report, the legislation lacks a definition for “adequate” funding.

“To assess what is adequate, the objectives of the funding must be clearly defined,” he wrote.

Despite 20-plus years of anecdotal knowledge regarding the lack of funding, OCIL is undertaking a review of the adequacy of resources for language revitalization.

OCIL is also undertaking a research project to determine the vitality of Indigenous languages across the country.

Ignace says that while Statistics Canada provides some information, the government agency doesn’t have a “clear understanding about Indigenous languages” and collection methodology has resulted in “major gaps and flaws.”

Statistics Canada 2016 census points to declining growth and the aging of those who claim Indigenous languages as their mother tongue. However, at the same time, second-language acquisition among younger speakers is increasingly sustaining the growth of Indigenous language speakers.

“How can we… get a better understanding of the vitality of languages across Canada? Canada is a big country. We have many languages and great diversity. So it’s a complex question that will not be quite readily resolved,” said Ignace.

Ignace says the commission is pushing for a whole-of-government approach to language revitalization and not solely rely on work to be undertaken

by Canadian Heritage.

“All departments, government agencies and entities must engage in the language because it took 150 years with the combined weight of the church and state to get our languages in the state that they’re

Innu hockey player aspires to go pro after earning engineering degree ‘I’ve always been big on school, so I want to finish my degree first,’ says Mikisiw Awashish While Mikisiw Awashish continues to make his education plans, the 22-year-old Innu hockey player maintains his boyhood aspirations of becoming a pro player.

And, yes, he still is hoping to one day make it to the National Hockey League.

Awashish is from Mashteuiatsh, an Innu community near Chicoutimi, Que. He’s a forward with the Montreal-based McGill University Redbirds.

Though he’s in his second year with the McGill squad, Awashish is actually in his third year of the school’s civil engineering program. He was able to transfer the credits he earned during his first year of post-secondary studies at Laval University in Quebec City, where he was finishing off his junior hockey career.

“I’ve got to admit it’s hard,” Awashish said of how he is juggling playing university hockey while also being in a challenging engineering program.

“It needs a lot of discipline. The key for me is to build a weekly schedule and just to plan ahead.

Obviously, that’s huge. It may sound a bit cliched but it’s the recipe for me, to have a schedule and make sure I follow it.”

During his junior career, Awashish had stints with a pair of Que-

bec Major Junior Hockey League franchises, the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

He also served as the captain of the Beauce-Appalaches Condors in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, a Junior A circuit, during his final season of junior eligibility.

Awashish’s original plan coming out of junior was to go play pro hockey in France. He is still interested in doing that but after he earns his undergraduate degree from McGill.

He is now keen to eventually play in France while pursuing a master’s degree from a European university.

“That would be my plan for now,” he said. “I had contacts with them before coming here (to McGill). I was possibly going to go there right away. Then I got the offer from McGill and put it on pause.”

Awashish said he might have to reconsider that plan, however, should he receive a decent offer to play for a minor pro franchise in North America.

Should such a deal materialize, it would give him a better opportunity to reach the NHL. “I would be honoured and try my best to make it to the big league for sure,” he said. “That’s still a goal for me. That’s still a

dream for me, deep inside of me.”

Awashish said, however, he would not leave McGill before he graduates.

“I’ve always been big on school,” he said, “so I want to finish my degree first.”

Awashish, a centre, earned 10 points (four goals and six assists) during his rookie season at McGill.

As for this year, the start of his 2023-24 regular season was delayed. That’s because he was assessed a three-game suspension for a checking-from-behind pen-

alty in the Redbirds’ final pre-season match.

Awashish did play his first game this season for the Redbirds’ in McGill’s 5-1 loss against the host UQTR Patriotes on Oct. 18.

But he was then a healthy scratch in McGill’s 4-1 victory against the visiting Patriotes on Oct. 20.

Awashish is hoping to return to the Redbirds’ lineup for their next outing Oct. 27 against Ontario’s Brock Badgers.

“We have a pretty good team,” Awashish said while watching last

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Ronald E. Ignace, Canada’s first commissioner of the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages.

Photo courtesy of the Government of Canada in today. It’s going to take a grand effort to reverse this…and move us towards realization of where we have our languages being heard across the country,” he said.

In OCIL’s recently released 2022-2023 annual report, Ignace notes that 15 key federal departments, agencies and entities were asked by the commission how they intended to contribute to the revitalization and use of Indigenous languages. Ten responses were received and indicated that some respondents “may be grappling with understanding their respective obligations and the role their organization can play in the implementation of the act,” wrote Ignace.

The commissioner says he has hope for the revitalization of Indigenous languages.

Ignace was raised by his great grandmother Sulyen Eneas and taught to speak Secwepemctsin. When he was ready to leave his community, she told him to learn all he could and then return home. He was called back by the Elders in 1982 to become chief of the Skeetchestn Indian Band and they told him to fight for their language.

“And I never wavered on that. And I fought for all my years and was engaged in and party to and stood and fought alongside many great language warriors and learned from them,” said Ignace.

He says groundbreaking work that is being done in Indigenous language communities shows him that “given the right resources, foundational support that’s permanently sustained, we will, in the end, bring the vitality back into our languages.”

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Friday’s game. “The internal competition is pretty strong. I need to make my way back to the top of the lineup.”

Awashish has also made an impact off the ice since coming to McGill. Last year he was presented with an Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award.

His efforts included serving as a mentor coach for the Mashteuiatsh Hockey Academy. He also spoke as a mentor to the Cree Bears hockey club from Mistissini Cree Nation. That squad came to Montreal and attended a McGill contest.

“More kids, not only in hockey but more kids in general, need a role model to inspire them to go higher in society, in sports or just in life in general,” he said. “I think it’s important for them to have role models just to show them that

Mikisiw Awashish is a forward with the McGill University Redbirds.

Photo courtesy of McGill University even though you’re Indigenous it doesn’t mean you can’t do it.

“It is more difficult in a sense but it is not impossible. I think it’s important for them to know that and to have something to dream about as well. That’s why I want to do it. It was kind of lacking for me in my life.”

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‘Haven’t eaten in days’: Canada’s food banks reporting massive spike in demand Food Banks Canada report paints dire picture of nationwide affordability crisis There are many heartbreaking tales behind the record number of Canadians using food banks as they struggle with high inflation and mounting housing costs, says a Vancouver food bank executive.

“We see parents who are skipping meals so that their children can eat. We see people who haven’t eaten in days. We see seniors who haven’t had produce in months,” said Cynthia Boulter, chief operating officer with Greater Vancouver Food Banks.

More and more people are accessing its services each year, and with greater frequency than in the past, Boulter said, as low wages and high rents squeeze people between inflation and other rising costs.

Boulter said the “unprecedented, record-breaking times” are being felt by food banks across the country, where nearly two million people visited in the month of March, 32 per cent more than the same month the year before, and a 78 per cent increase compared with March 2019.

The numbers, contained in Food Banks Canada’s annual Hunger Count report, highlight how Canadians are more food insecure than ever before as governments have seemingly ignored “blaring alarm bells,” the report said.

The data was collected from food banks across Canada, and this year’s Hunger Count, as well as other studies, show more and more Canadians are “struggling to pay for basic expenses, and that levels of food insecurity are rising dramatically.”

Seniors, single mothers, low-income workers, people on social assistance, and immigrants continue to drive food bank use, but this year’s report showed a rise in use among working people in higher income brackets.

More than 40 per cent of users are on provincial social assistance programs, the report said, with stagnant payments that put most recipients under the official poverty line.

Indigenous people are disproportionately represented among food bank users at 12 per cent, while making up around five per cent of the general population, the report said.

More than a quarter of food bank users are immigrants who have been in Canada for less than a decade, the report said, a usage rate that

has doubled since 2016.

“It’s one thing to look at a report filled with these big numbers,” said Food Banks Canada’s CEO Kirstin Beardsley. “Behind every single one of these numbers is a person, and I know what it takes for someone to get to the point where they’re turning to a food bank for help, and so you replicate that two million times in a single month and it’s heartbreaking.”

Beardsley said that those in the food bank sector across the country say the explosive growth in usage numbers are “unsustainable.”

Political action, she said, means that governments need to make “long term social policy investments,” from action on affordable housing to increasing fixed income rates.

There are many heartbreaking tales behind the record number of Canadians using food banks as they struggle with high inflation and mounting housing costs, says a Vancouver food bank executive. Canned products sit on shelves at a food bank in Ottawa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

“These are investments in our ability to thrive as a nation,” she said.

As the affordability crisis has intensified, Beardsley said, people who work at food banks “quite frankly, are shouldering too much of this burden.”

Food bank usage is a “quiet problem” where many people “suffer in silence,” she said, and only widespread public outrage will drive the political courage to create meaningful change.

“We’re not talking about a small investment in the future of this country,” she said. “What really drives political courage, to be honest, is everyday folks like you and I getting mad enough to make this a ballot issue, to make this an issue at the election, to not let our elected

officials at every level of government off the hook anymore.”

Even as the report paints a grim picture, Beardsley said food banks remain places of “hope,” where communities come together to lift up those in need.

For those in the food bank sector to be ultimately successful would mean no more need for them, and they’re essentially hoping to work themselves “out of a job,” she said.

Until then, Beardsley said, “there’s no choice but to keep raising our voices, telling our stories, sharing the data, and if we’ve got a whole country behind us, I don’t think we can be ignored.”

—By The Canadian Press

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The hidden risks of buy now, pay later: What shoppers need to know Buy now, pay later is a relatively new form of financial technology that allows consumers to purchase an item immediately and repay the balance at a later time in instalments.

Unlike applying for a credit card, buy now, pay later doesn’t require a credit check. Instead, these programs use algorithms to perform “soft” credit checks to determine a shopper’s eligibility.

This means buy now, pay later loans target low-income, tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z shoppers in an effort to supposedly improve financial inclusion for these groups.

However, the newness of buy now, pay later programs means existing consumer credit laws don’t cover it. This lack of regulation puts shoppers at financial risk of accumulating higher levels of debt.

Credit cards versus buy now, pay later There are three key differences between credit cards and buy now, pay later loans. First, while buy now, pay later loans are a line of credit like credit cards are, they don’t impact credit reports. Because of this, shoppers might be less cautious when using buy now, pay later services.

Credit cards typically have annual interest rates ranging from 15 to 26 per cent. While most buy now, pay later loans have no interest, longer term loans have annual interest rates of about 37 per cent.

Shoppers are at risk of overusing buy now, pay later programs and accumulating more debt than they can manage. In addition, formal lenders, such as banks, currently have no way of knowing what buy now, pay later debt a person is carrying.

The lender, therefore, likely incurs more risk than they are aware of.

Second, credit cards typically provide an interest-free period, after which borrowers must pay interest. In contrast, buy now, pay later users typically don’t have interest fees, but can incur late fees for missed or late payments.

Falling behind on payment terms can result in charges that exceed typical credit card interest rates, causing more harm than interest payments. Low-income buy now, pay later users are particularly vulnerable to using overdrafts to cover their buy now, pay later payments.

Third, people typically have just a few credit cards, making it easier to keep track of payments. Buy now, pay later users, on the other hand, usually engage with multiple buy now, pay later lenders through retailers. As a result, it’s difficult for them to keep track of all the buy now, pay later lenders and retailers they made purchases from.

What are the Canadian governments doing?

Canada classifies buy now, pay later as an unsecured instalment loan, which means lenders are subject to laws at the federal and provincial levels.

Under federal law, there is an annual interest rate cap of 60 per cent. Provincial laws require buy now, pay later lenders to disclose the cost of credit and extend consumer protection rights to buy now, pay later shoppers.

At the provincial level, specific laws come into play. Manitoba, Alberta, Quebec, and Ontario have passed laws that require lenders to be licensed before they offer these products and be subject to regulatory oversight.

These laws regulate high-cost credit products that have annual rates of 32 per cent or higher. This means buy now, pay later services should fall under this category. However, I found no evidence of buy now, pay later lenders being licensed in Canada. This means either lenders are not aware they fall under these laws, or no one is enforcing them.

This ambiguity over whether or not buy now, pay later lenders are subject to regulatory oversight could be a hindrance for banks like the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as it deters them from entering the buy now, pay later market despite its profitability.

Questions to ask before using buy now, pay later Before signing up for a buy now, pay later loan, shoppers should consider the following six questions.

1. Payment structure. How much of the invoice amount needs to be paid upfront? The norm is typically 25 per cent.

What is the number of remaining instalments? The answer to this is usually four. Lastly, what is the frequency of instalments? The norm is biweekly.

2. Sensitive information. Does the lender require you to provide information about your chequing account? This is sensitive information to give away and puts you at risk of data breaches. Most buy now, pay later lenders withdraw instalment amounts from chequing accounts or debit cards, potentially exposing shoppers to greater risks than credit cards.

3. Interest charges. Does the buy now, pay later lender charge interest on instalment payments? The norm is no.

4. Late fees. How much is the late fee, when does it apply and what is the maximum amount of the late fee? Typically, late fees don’t exceed $8 or one-quarter of the invoice amount.

Late fees usually kick in if your scheduled payment remains unpaid after 10 days.

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Buy now, pay later loans target low-income, tech-savvy millennials and Gen Z shoppers in an effort to supposedly improve financial inclusion for these groups, according to the report’s authors. Black Press file photo 5. Data responsibility. Who is responsible for your data?

Whether it’s the retailer, the buy now, pay later lender or a company whose cloud storage the provider may be using, you should know. In general, the buy now, pay later lender holds this responsibility.

6. Licensing. Is the buy now, pay later lender licensed to sell the loan? Usually, the answer to this question is no.

Buy now, pay later regulation Two sets of laws and regulations should be implemented to address some of these issues. The first set of regulations focuses on how buy now, pay later lenders interact with consumers.

These lenders should clearly communicate all terms and conditions of their loans, including late charges, interest charges and payment schedules, on their platforms to ensure shoppers are fully informed of their financial obligations.

The Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom recently issued guidelines allowing buy now, pay later lenders to terminate, suspend or restrict access to shopper accounts for any reason without notice. Effective September 2024, New

Zealand will require buy now, pay later lenders to check a shopper’s credit before providing them a buy now, pay later loan.

The second set of regulations defines the scope and boundaries of buy now, pay later lenders. On Dec. 9, 2022, California became the first American state to classify buy now, pay later as a loan. Such classifications allowed California regulators to question lenders about their transparency in disclosing the terms of their offerings.

The hope is that these laws and regulations will facilitate microlending and not impede the existence of buy now, pay later services, but rather make it safer and more secure for both lenders and users.

By Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University and Chandan Kumar Behera, PhD Student in Marketing, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Disclosure information is available on the original site.

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Canada needs to move faster than the rest of the world on renewable energy: Wilkinson

Time to ‘double down on investing, in building that economy that will create jobs and economic opportunity for the future,’ says minister Canada needs to move faster on renewable energy as a new international energy outlook forecasts demand for all fossil fuels will peak in seven years, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday.

An annual outlook the International Energy Agency published on Oct. 24 said that even if no new climate-related policies are implemented, the ones that already exist are still enough to bring demand for oil, gas and coal to a peak by 2030.

It said that renewables will account for nearly half the world’s electricity supply by that year, and solar power alone will account for more energy than is currently produced by the entire U.S. electricity system.

Wilkinson said the agency had previously predicted that demand for oil and gas could peak by 2030.

But that forecast had depended on scenarios

that saw most countries adopt stronger policies. He said this is the first time the agency is predicting a 2030 peak even if no country lifts another finger on climate action.

It means there should be no doubt that renewable energy and clean technology are the economic drivers of the future, he said.

“What Canada needs to do is to really get with the program,” Wilkinson said in an interview.

“We actually have to double down on investing, in building that economy that will create jobs and economic opportunity for the future, and stop looking backwards at a scenario that is in the past. The world is moving. The report underlines that the world is moving.”

Wilkinson said China has been strategically investing in renewable technologies for years and is now the world’s largest supplier of clean technology, electric vehicles and critical minerals.

He said Canada’s oil and gas industry needs to move as quickly as it can to decarbonize its operations, because that is the only way it will increase or even maintain its position as the market begins to shrink.

Canada’s biggest oilsands producers are planning to invest in technology that traps some of their emissions and funnels them back underground, but they differ with the federal government on how quickly they can lower their emissions.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is expected to soon publish details of his plan to cap emissions from oil and gas production, part of the strategy to meet Canada’s next greenhouse-gas emissions target in 2030.

The oil and gas cap regulations are overdue, with Guilbeault initially promising a draft in the spring. He said recently that it’s a very complex

“What Canada needs to do is to really get with the program,” says federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick policy that no other major oil producer has attempted.

Oil and gas production accounts for more than one-quarter of Canada’s total emissions.

Guilbeault said Wednesday that the international agency’s forecast is in line with what the Canada Energy Regulator has suggested will happen.

—By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press

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ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᖃᓄᐃᙱᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑕᐃᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᖅ ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᑐᐊᓄᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $110,780 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $114,378 ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 04-508060

ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 10, 2023

ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓴᐳᔾᔨᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᓪᓗ ᑲᙳᓇᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᒥᒃ/ᑎᑎᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔨ

ᓂᐊᖁᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᒻᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᔪᔨᕈᑎᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ (MHA) ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎ

ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒃᑎᑦᑎᔨ, ᖃᖓᑦᑕᐅᓯᕆᔨᓄᑦ ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ ᐆᒃᑐᕈᒪᔪᓕᒫᓄᑦ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $121,953 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $174,219 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 10-508056 ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 10, 2023

ᑲᒪᔨ ᑭᒍᑎᓕᕆᕝᕕᖕᒥ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᑐᐊᓄᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $89,483 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $101,569 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 10-508044 ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 10, 2023 ᖃᐅᔨᒪᒋᑦᑎ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᕐᒦᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂᒃ $16,008 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᒧᑦ, ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᒃᐸᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ. ᐅᕗᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᑐᑎᑦ: ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᖏᑦ, ᑎᑎᖅᑲᒃᑯᕕᖓ 1000, ᐴᒃᓴᖅ 430, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ X0A 0H0. ᓱᑲᔪᒃᑯᑦ: (867) 975-6220. ᐅᖄᓚᐅᑎᖓ: (867) 975-6222. ᐊᑭᖃᖏᑐᒃᑯᑦ: 1-888-668-9993. ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ: iqaluitapplications@gov.nu.ca (ᐃᓚᓕᐅᑎᓂᐊᖅᐸᐃᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑖᑕ ᓇᐃᓴᐅᑖ ᑭᓱᓕᕆᕝᕕᐊᓂᑦ ᐃᕐᖐᓐᓇᒃᑰᕈᑎᖕᓂᑦ ᓇᒃᓯᐅᔾᔨᓕᕈᕕᑦ.) ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᓴᒍᑦᑎ ᐅᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᑭᓲᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᖃᓄᐃᑑᓂᖏᑦ, ᖃᐅᔨᒋᕐᐊᕐᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ. ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᑦ ᐱᕋᔭᒃᓯᒪᖏᑲᓗᐊᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ. ᐃᓚᖏᑦ

ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᑐᐊᓄᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $89,483 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $101,569 ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 17-508057

ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᔪᒃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $69,745 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $79,165 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 10-508035 ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 10, 2023

ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦᑐᐊᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐱᓇᔪᒃᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $71,959 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $81,660 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 24, 2023 ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 10-508061

ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ

ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 04-508037

ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᑕᑐᐊᓄᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᔪᖅ. ᑮᓇᐅᔾᔭᒃᓵᑦ ᓇᓃᓐᓂ: $89,483 ᑎᑭᑦᑐᒍ $101,569 ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 03-508058 ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 10, 2023

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖃᕐᓇᙱᑦᑐᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ

ᐅᓇ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᒃᓴᖅ ᑐᕌᖓᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᒥᐅᓄᑦ.

ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᖓᑕ ᓈᓴᐅᑖ: 04-508036

Institutional Nurse

Starting Salary $89,998 Ref. #: 10-507589

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ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

ᒪᑐᕕᒃᓴᖓ: ᓅᕙᐃᕝᕙ 10, 2023

ᐊᑐᕐᓂᖅ masculine−ᒥᒃ ᑐᑭᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᙱᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ.

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Priority Hiring Priority will be given to Nunavut Inuit.

Department of Justice

Department of Finance

Correctional Training Officer

Compensation and Benefits Officer

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $91,785 to $101,569 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 05-507985 Closing: November 10, 2023

Human Resources Coordinator

This employment opportunity is restricted to Government of Nunavut employees residing in Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $89,483 to $101,569 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 05-508032 Closing: November 3, 2023

Rental Officer

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $96,857 to $109,925 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 05-508012 Closing: November 10, 2023

Department of Human Resources Policy Analyst

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $100,780 to $114,378 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 04-508037 Closing: November 10, 2023

Senior Policy Analyst

This employment opportunity is restricted to Nunavut Inuit residing in Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $109,029 to $123,694 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 04-508036 Closing: November 10, 2023

Occupational Health and Safety Training Specialist

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $100,780 to $114,378 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 04-508060 Closing: November 10, 2023

Department of Family Services Access to Information and Protection of Privacy (ATIPP) / Records Management Coordinator

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $89,483 to $101,569 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 17-508057 Closing: November 10, 2023

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $89,483 to $101,569 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 03-508058 Closing: November 10, 2023

Department of Health Specialist Clinical Coordinator

This employment opportunity is restricted to Nunavut Inuit residing in Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $69,745 to $79,165 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 10-508035 Closing: November 10, 2023

Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) Assistant

This employment opportunity is restricted to Nunavut Inuit residing in Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $71,959 to $81,660 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 10-508061 Closing: November 24, 2023

Director, Travel Programs

This employment opportunity is open to all applicants.

Salary Scale: $121,953 to $174,219 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 10-508056 Closing: November 10, 2023

Coordinator Dental Clinic Resource Equipment Management

This employment opportunity is restricted to residents of Iqaluit only.

Salary Scale: $89,483 to $101,569 IQALUIT, NU Ref. #: 10-508044 Closing: November 10, 2023

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NNSL Media gathers the news, and streams it along all our Northern digital information rivers and trails — nnsl.com, nunavutnews. com, five Facebook Pages, one Instagram feed and a Twitter feed — where it all lands in our newspapers. We do the same with our advertisers — Northern businesses and governments — getting their information to the widest possible audience, online and offline, across the NWT and Nunavut.

Please note that all Iqaluit-based positions are eligible for a Nunavut Northern Allowance of $16,008 per annum.

Apply to: Department of Human Resources, Government of Nunavut, P.O. Box 1000, Station 430, Iqaluit, Nunavut X0A 0H0.Fax: (867) 975-6220.

Phone: (867) 975-6222. Toll-free: 1-888-668-9993.

E-mail: iqaluitapplications@gov.nu.ca (Please include the Ref. # in the subject line of your email.)

Job descriptions may be obtained by fax or e-mail or online.

Employment in some positions requires an acceptable criminal record check. Possession of a criminal record will not necessarily disqualify candidates from further consideration.

Note that the use of the masculine is meant only to make the text easier to read.

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Ministère de la Justice

Ministère des Finances Agent à la rémunération et aux avantages sociaux

Agent de formation des services correctionnels

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 91 785 $ à 101 569 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 05-507985

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 89 483 $ à 101 569 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 03-508058

Coordonnateur des ressources humaines

Ministère de la Santé Coordonnateur des cliniques spécialisées

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux employés du gouvernement du Nunavut résidant à Iqaluit Échelle salariale : 89 483 $ à 101 569 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 3 novembre 2023 No de réf. 05-508032

Agent de location

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 96 857 $ à 109 925 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 05-508012

Ministère des Ressources humaines Analyste des politiques

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 100 780 $ à 114 378 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 04-508037

Analyste principal des politiques

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By FAX:

(867) 873-8507

By Phone:

(867) 873-4031

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux Inuits du Nunavut résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 109 029 $ à 123 694 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 04-508036

Spécialiste de la formation en santé et sécurité au travail

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 100 780 $ à 114 378 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 04-508060

Ministère des Services à la famille Coordonnateur de l’accès à l’information et la protection de la vie privée (AIPVP) et gestion des documents

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 89 483 $ à 101 569 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 17-508057

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux Inuits du Nunavut résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 69 745 $ à 79 165 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 10-508035

Adjoint du programme en santé mentale et en toxicomanie

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux Inuits du Nunavut résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 71 959 $ à 81 660 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 24 novembre 2023 No de réf. 10-508061

Directeur des programmes de déplacement

Cette offre d’emploi est ouverte à tous. Échelle salariale : 121 953 $ à 174 219 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 10-508056

Coordonnateur de la gestion des ressources et de l'équipement des cliniques dentaires

Cette offre d’emploi s’adresse uniquement aux personnes résidant à Iqaluit. Échelle salariale : 89 483 $ à 101 569 $ IQALUIT, NU Clôture : 10 novembre 2023 No de réf. 10-508044

Veuillez noter que les postes situés à Iqaluit sont admissibles à une indemnité de vie dans le Nord de 16 008 $ par année, sauf indication contraire.

Postuler au : Ministère des Ressources humaines, Gouvernement du Nunavut, C. P. 1000, Succursale 430, Iqaluit (Nunavut) X0A 0H0. Tc : 867 975-6220.

Tél : 867 975-6222. Sans frais : 1 888 668-9993.

Courriel : iqaluitapplications@gov.nu.ca (Veuillez indiquer le no de réf. dans l’objet de votre courriel.)

Les descriptions de poste peuvent être obtenues par télécopieur, par courriel ou en ligne. Une vérification du casier judiciaire pourrait être exigée pour certains emplois. Un dossier judiciaire n’entraîne pas nécessairement le refus d’une candidature.

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