Photo: NTI-Ottawa settlement deal means more money for Inuit training

Out of court and now in hand: Nunavut’s land claim body and the federal Crown signed a deal today that binds Ottawa to promises made in the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, in a deal prompted by a lawsuit launched by Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. in 2006. The agreement, worth more than $255 million in compensation, includes $175 million to train Inuit for government jobs in Nunavut, in line with promises made under Article 23 of the land claims agreement. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt, left, visited Iqaluit to sign the papers with NTI president Cathy Towtongie. Read more details of the agreement on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY THOMAS ROHNER)