Deputy mayor resigns

Kirt Ejesiak, Iqaluit’s deputy mayor, bid farewell to his fellow councillors and Mayor John Matthews at the April 8 city council meeting.

Ejesiak resigned after accepting a job as the premier’s principal secretary. His last day is April 27.

“It is with sadness that I leave,” Ejesiak said. “I took on the role of deputy mayor reluctantly, but with your confidence I feel I have grown into that role.”

Ejesiak acknowledged the often-adversarial relationship between city council and the GN, saying he would take that knowledge and a belief that the two sides need to work more harmoniously together, with him when he joins the GN.