Photo: Opposition leader Mulcair says Harper has no northern plan

Thomas Mulcair, leader of the official opposition in the House of Commons and national leader of the New Democratic Party, speaks to a reporter Sept. 2 at the Karibrew Café in Iqaluit during a visit to the community. He says his biggest problem with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Northern Strategy is that the prime minister doesn’t have a plan. He also said he’s “deeply disappointed” with Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq’s performance as federal environment minister. Mulcair and Romeo Saganash, the NDP MP for Abitibi-James Bay-Nunavik- Eeyou, will hold a town hall meeting at Iqaluit’s francophone centre at 6 p.m. Read more later on nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY JIM BELL)