Nunavut MLAs to choose new cabinet member on Friday

Members of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly will choose a cabinet minister in a leadership forum that starts at 2:30 p.m. eastern time, Nov. 2. You can watch the session on Shaw community cable television on channel 289 (classic) or channel 489 (new,) and on Bell satellite television on channel 513. (FILE PHOTO)

The full caucus of Nunavut MLAs will meet inside the chamber of Nunavut’s legislative assembly in Iqaluit this Friday to choose a new cabinet minister.

They’ll start the leadership forum on Nov. 2 at 2:30 p.m., eastern time.

In Nunavut, you can watch the proceedings on Shaw community cable television on channel 289 (classic) or channel 489 (new) and on Bell direct-to-home satellite television on channel 513.

The leadership forum is not an official sitting of the legislature. It’s treated as a full caucus meeting, but unlike most other caucus meetings, it’s held in public.

After MLAs elect a cabinet minister from among themselves, they must then re-assemble within a formal legislative sitting to pass a motion authorizing their choice.

This leadership forum will fill the position on the executive council vacated by Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak.

Angnakak quit her cabinet job on Oct. 25, after Premier Joe Savikataaq removed all her portfolios to punish her for a breach of cabinet secrecy, which amounts to a violation of her oath of office.