Photo: Francophone Nunavummiut debate lawsuit at Iqaluit meeting

Commissioners with Nunavut’s French-language school board hosted a public consultation in Iqaluit May 21 to gauge support for a lawsuit the school board launched against the Government of Nunavut last February, which seeks better financing for infrastructure and instruction at its only school — École des Trois-Soleils in Iqaluit. The lawsuit has been controversial among many French-language rights holders, who voted a close 17-16 in favour of the lawsuit May 21. The vote is non-binding, although the school board has invited Trois-Soleils parents to submit written input until May 26. Read more later on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY THOMAS ROHNER)