Photo: The cost of food….

If you want this fruit platter, you’ll have to pay $29.79 for it in the western Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven. High food prices in Northern regions were among the topics brought up by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Mary Simon this week during a meeting with the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter. De Schutter unveiled a highly-critical report on food security in Canada May 16, which said that Canada wasn’t doing enough to help aboriginal people to access food. Read more about his report and the responses on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY JOE OTOKIAK)