Vote by MLAs adds 2 new members to cabinet
Joelie Kaernerk, Daniel Qavvik elected; premier expected to announce portfolios Monday
In a rare Saturday meeting, Nunavut legislative assembly members elected Amittuq MLA Joelie Kaernerk and Hudson Bay MLA Daniel Qavvik as the territory’s new cabinet ministers. The pair will fill vacancies created when Craig Simailak resigned from cabinet in March and Joanna Quassa stepped down this past week. In Nunavut’s consensus government, MLAs choose during...