The City of Iqaluit says its food voucher program is still set to expire March 31, and it is waiting to find out what’s next now that the Inuit Child First Initiative has been extended to the end of March 2026. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Inuit Child First Initiative extended to 2026, but city’s agreement with federal government expires at end of March
Now that the Inuit Child First Initiative has been extended, the City of Iqaluit is asking the public to be patient as it figures out what’s next for its food voucher program.
Felix Karpik, 8, sits in on the Nunavut legislative assembly proceedings alongside his grandmother, Pangnirtung MLA Margaret Nakashuk, on Thursday. Felix said he liked examining the Speaker’s mace inside the chamber and that he even had the chance to sit in the Speaker’s chair during a midday break. (Photo by Daron Letts)
Eleven-month-old Jackson Enook-Churchill holds tight to his mother Uluappak Enook during the opening ceremony Feb. 28 of the new home for Tumikuluit Saipaaqivik Child Care Centre in Apex. It moved there from its former site downtown. Baby and mom were among approximately 40 people who came to the ceremony at Iqaluit’s only Inuktitut daycare, along with Jenna Sudds, the federal minister of families, children and social development, Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)