Cash for seal skins

Seal skins from Nunavut sold for a whopping $70 each at the December 2004 auction in North Bay, Environment Minister Olayuk Akesuk said Tuesday.

That means the GN’s fur price program, designed to help hunters, has actually made a profit.

“As a result, I have obtained authorization from the financial management board to provide Nunavut seal harvesters with a one-time second payment of $10 for every seal skin that was delivered to our wildlife offices for the 2004 North Bay auction,” Akesuk told the legislative assembly.

Cheques will be sent out as soon as the paperwork is done.