Greenland mayors against home rule government cabinet

SIKU CIRCUMPOLAR NEWS SERVICE

The mayors of Greenland’s smaller communities are against the Greenland Home rule government’s plan to scrap the one-price system for goods and services.

Last week, 14 mayors who participated in a community conference in Kangerlussuaq signed and handed over a letter of protest to the Home rule cabinet.

“When you remove the one-price system, you go back to G-60 policy (that is, Danish policy in Greenland during 1960s), that closed down the smaller towns and communities,” wrote the mayors.

The mayors say they’re afraid people will move to larger towns to survive and over the long term their communities will empty.