Letters
Pitakallak School in Kuujjuaq is shown here. Unions representing Nunavik education and health workers say that their provincial government is treating them unfairly by partially taxing money paid to their members to reimburse travel costs. (File photo)
Letters 24 September 2020
“It is urgent that our elected officials grant the same rights to government employees as they do to themselves”
Once again, we feel the sting of being considered second-class citizens. In 2019, the expense allowance of members of the National Assembly and elected municipal officials became taxable at the federal level. These officials wasted no time giving themselves an increase of $5,000 to $8,000 to compensate for this new tax loss. And yet, when…
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Letters 6 August 2020
“It is wrong for Rankin Inlet to be crash test dummies for a mining company’s plans”
Letters 29 June 2020
“With the two-week isolation requirements … it becomes very difficult for those with small children … to use the VTA”
Letters 9 June 2020
“In the event parents among the Government of Nunavut workforce are not able to find appropriate childcare, what then?”
Letters 3 June 2020
“It is important that these discussions be based on accurate and complete information”
Letters 2 June 2020
“Everyone involved … deserves congratulations”
Letters 28 May 2020
“We are unprepared for what’s really in store for us”
Letters 21 February 2020
How can parents of Inuit children be expected to jump through so many bureaucratic hoops?
Letters 7 February 2020
Letters 13 December 2019
“ᐅᑯᐅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓃᑦᑐᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᖅᑭᑕᐅᓚᐅᙱᑦᑐᖅ”
Letters 5 December 2019
“These community‐wide screenings were not publicized”
Letters 29 November 2019
“This is a fundamental policy change that will affect many Inuit parents and Inuit children in Nunavut”
Letters 29 November 2019
“ᐅᓇ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᖕᒪ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᖅ ᐊᓯᙳᖅᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᒃᑐᐃᓂᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓄᕐᑐᒻᒪᕆᐊᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᖕᓂ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕆᔭᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕗᒥᑦ”
Letters 25 November 2019
“The Department of Education has collaborated with our valued partners in good faith”
Letters 23 October 2019
“ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔪᖓᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐅᓇ ᐊᔾᔨᙳᐊᖅ ᐃᒻᒪᑲᓪᓚᓕᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ”
Letters 10 October 2019
“I do realize this photo is from a long time ago”
Letters 9 October 2019
“We must recognize how essential our early learning and child-care workers are to the Nunavut workforce”
Letters 9 October 2019
ᐃᓕᓴᖅᓯᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᖕᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᐃᕕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐸᐃᕆᕕᖕᒥ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒥ ᐊᒃᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓄᑦ
Letters 25 September 2019
“They shot him so many times. I watched my son die right before my eyes.”
Letters 10 April 2019
“Imagine if your entire infrastructure were reduced to one vehicle”
Letters 8 April 2019
Consultant responds to article on Nunavut’s internet failures
Letters 5 April 2019
“It seems like the smaller communities across the territory of Nunavut don’t have a say”
Letters 30 January 2019
“Why not honour and respect Inuit by listening?”
Letters 29 January 2019
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᑎᐅᔪᑦ “ᐃᖢᐊᕐᓴᖃᑦᑕᙱᓚᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᒪᖅᑰᔨᓐᓇᙱᖢᓂ”
Letters 16 January 2019
Inuit students can feel “uncomfortable and unwanted”
Letters 15 January 2019
“The staff at the boarding home have been effective, polite and honest”
