Katudgevik Co-op clarifies relationship with ACL

I am writing in response to the article you initially ran on Dec. 12, 2011. The headline read “Sudliq Developments wins appeal on GN-awarded contract.”

I am compelled to respond in an effort to set the record straight.

First, to state as you have in your article that Katudgevik Co-op “is part of Arctic Co-operatives Ltd.” is misleading.

Katudgevik Co-op was incorporated in 1970 and, incidentally, held the fuel distribution contract originally from 1980 to 1985.

Katudgevik Co-op is a member-owned, member-serving and member-driven business which benefits the community of Coral Harbour. In a community with a population of less than 800, the co-op has a very strong community membership of close to 550.

Arctic Co-operatives Ltd. is a service federation which provides support services to the co-operatives of Nunavut, including Katudgevik.

ACL is owned and controlled by the co-ops of Nunavut and is, in fact, an Inuit firm within the meaning of the NNI policy and has been properly registered as such by the appropriate agencies in Nunavut.

Rhoda Angootealuk
President of the Board of Directors
Katudgevik Co-op
Coral Harbour

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