Cabinet meets in Qikiqtarjuaq

After a two-day meeting in Qikiqtarjuaq last weekend to review and set priorities for government operations, Nunavut cabinet ministers have nothing new to report.

A GN news release issued after the meeting says cabinet will continue to follow the legislative assembly’s Bathurst Mandate or “Pinasuaqtavut” document.

But they did say that they will put more emphasis on building an economy based on the principles of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

The government will concentrate on creating new economic opportunities in non-decentralized communities, improving its working relationship with NTI, and developing a Nunavut curriculum for the school system.

While in Qikiqtarjuaq, following a tour and demonstration of an experimental clam harvesting operation, Premier Paul Okalik and cabinet offered their support for its long-term development.

A full caucus retreat for ministers and MLAs is tentatively scheduled for next September.

The Pinasuaqtavut document emerged from a series of similar caucus retreats that the first legislative assembly held in 1999.