Highrises for hunters

The Nunavut Housing Corporation is not taking hunters’ needs into consideration when building apartment complexes rather than single unit dwellings.

“They have all this winter hunting equipment and summer hunting equipment and they have to abide by municipal laws that say they can’t be too close to the units,” Arviat MLA David Alagalak said last Tuesday.

Alagalak raised the issue during discussion of the capital plan for the Department of Community and Government Services last Tuesday. Minister Peter Kilabuk said his department would work closely with communities to avoid problems.