Aatami back as president at Makivvik
Pita Aatami re-elected to second consecutive term to lead Nunavik Inuit organization
Pita Aatami, shown speaking at the Northern Lights conference and trade show in Ottawa in February 2023, has been re-elected president of Makivvik Corp. (File photo by Jeff Pelletier)
Pita Aatami will serve another term as president of Makivvik Corp., after a decisive win in Thursday’s election.
Makivvik reported preliminary results from all 16 polling stations Thursday night, showing Aatami had been re-elected to a second consecutive three-year term.
He defeated challengers Suzy Kauki and Harry Tulugak in a three-way race for the top job at the organization that serves Inuit in Nunavik.
Aatami received 1,862 votes compared to Tulugak’s 393 and Kauki’s 347. There were 10 spoiled ballots, according to results posted to Makivvik’s website after 7:30 p.m.
Aatami previously held the position as Makivvik president from 1998 to 2012, and now another term will take him to 2027, continuing his tenure that began in 2021.
During his campaign, he focused on self-determination, economic development, youth protection and clean energy.
Some of his promises were to renew the Sanarrutik Agreement, a deal signed in 2022 with the government of Quebec to improve economic development in Nunavik.
Aatami said during the campaign he also plans to build a new head office and satellite office on the Hudson coast, and improve teamwork between Makivvik and Nunavik regional organizations.
Groundhog Day and we are trapped in an endless version of the same day, three more years of it. Heil Fladenbrot
Why not? $$$ the best in northern earnings. Would you want to let that go? Bonus? aaahhh the aroma……
Lots of poor inuks, and then their are, our ruling elite.
Proclaimed Aatami Marmotte Jour
Vive la France!
The Regime Change did not Happen. Will be seeing more beautiful pictures of him flaunting his worth while vacationing in a exotic southern location while Inuit in Nunavik are living from paycheck to paycheck.
presidents forming itk like makivik all earn over 400,000 a year easy
Rinse. Repeat.
Those are brief terms with the directors and brass, 3 years, start planning now anyone that may be feeling slighted.