“The Department of Education’s biggest problem right now has nothing to do with legislation”
The Government of Nunavut will likely introduce Bill 25 in the legislative assembly this week. The bill will most probably resemble the GN’s last attempt to change the Education Act and the Inuit Language Protection Act.
“ᑭᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇ ᐃᓱᒪᓕᐅᕆᓪᓚᕆᒍᒪᙱᒻᒪ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᓂ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋ, ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᑎᒋᓂᐊᕐᓗᒋ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᕐᓂᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ”
“No one makes any concrete commitment to spend any money, perform any actions or build any houses”
For Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, offshore moratorium should be extended another five years
Territory’s leaders must take steps now to protect vulnerable elders from abuse and negligence
The Canadian North–First Air monopoly should be treated like a public utility
A climate change emblem becomes a symbol of bitter conflict
On Nutrition North Canada, the Liberals have painted themselves into a corner
“The federal government should use the tax system to design a northern travel benefit that’s available to all tax-filers”
“The issue of Inuit being used as a sports team mascot matters”
Nunavut MLAs have shown their non-partisan legislature is glowing with health
“There is no one who matters less to northern airlines than the individual air traveller who uses his or her own money to pay”
On numerous issues that affect the day-to-day lives of residents, Nunavut’s premier and cabinet have nothing to say
The federal government must grant the extension the commission seeks
“Nunavut will do what Nunavut has the capacity to do, no more and no less”
“Nunavut’s purported leaders have proven themselves incapable of forming a rational, coherent, evidence-based policy on Inuit language education”
“The GN must not feel bound by Ottawa’s timetable”
“You’re not going get a treatment centre in Nunavut by writing a letter to Santa Claus”
Step one: reach out to territorial, provincial and regional governments
“There is no one who matters less to northern airlines than the individual air traveller who uses his or her own money to pay”
“Embedded within its wooden verbiage, you’ll find an abrupt departure from the thinking of the recent past”
PM Trudeau and MP Tootoo have mishandled this issue
“A law that will make everyone feel good and accomplish nothing”
