ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᖅ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᐳᑦ ‘ᒫᓐᓇᒨᖓᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᐅᓂᖓᓂ’

For English version, see Iqaluit hydroelectricity project proponent makes pitch for ‘modern Arctic capital’

ᑲᑎᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑦ ᑐᖅᑯᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓗᓂ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ “ᒫᓐᓇᒨᖓᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᐅᓂᖓᓂ,” ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᓱᐃᔨᐅᔪᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ.

ᕼᐊᑐᕐ ᓯᐅᓪᑎᓐ, ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᒃᑭᒃᓴᐅᑏᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ, ᐅᖃᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᒥ “ᒫᓐᓇᒨᖓᓕᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᖃᕐᕕᐅᓂᖓᓂ.” (ᐋᑎ ᓴᑮᓯᐊᓐ ᐊᔾᔨᖁᑎᖓ)

“ᑕᐅᑐᙳᐊᕐᓂᖃᖅᐳᒍᑦ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᕼᐊᑐᕐ ᓯᐅᓪᑎᓐ, ᐃᓱᒻᒥᖅᑐᐃᔨᐅᔪᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᒃᑭᒃᓴᐅᑏᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑕ, ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ.

“ᐊᑐᕈᒪᓂᐊᖅᐳᖑᑦ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᐱᖃᕐᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ ᓴᓗᒪᔪᒥ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᖁᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᓂᑦ.”

ᐊᓯᐊᒎᖅᑐᒥ ᑲᔪᓯᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒨᖅᑐᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᖕᒥ ᑎᑭᑎᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᒥ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂ, ᓱᔪᐃᓲᖑᔪᒥ ᐊᕙᑎᒥᒃ, ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᖃᔅᓯᐊᕐᔪᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔮᖑᔪᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᑎᑦᑎᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᑐᓕᒪᓂᖓᓂ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᖃᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᑐᓂ, ᓯᐅᓪᑎᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ ᑕᒪᐃᑎᒍᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓛᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖓᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᓄᕕᐱᕆ 6−ᒥ.

“ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᐃᕗᖅ ᓱᖏᐅᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᒥ ᐊᑐᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒃᑐᖅᑕᐅᓴᕋᐃᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑯᓂᐅᔪᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᒥ,” ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ. “ᐃᓱᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓂᖃᙱᓐᓂᖓᓂ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᔾᔭᐃᖅᓯᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᕐᓂᕐᔪᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂ.”

ᑲᒻᐸᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᖏᓛᖑᔪᒥ ᑐᒃᓯᕋᖅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᓴᓇᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᑕᐅᕘᓇ ᑰᒐᓗᒃ ᑰᖓᓂ, 60 ᑭᓛᒥᑐᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᒥ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᒥ ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ. ᐃᓇᖏᖅᓯᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᑕᒪᒃᑭᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐅᑉ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒨᖅᑐᓂ-ᐃᑯᒪᐅᑎᓂᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓂᑦ, ᐱᔭᕆᐊᖃᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᒥ ᐃᑭᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥ 15 ᒥᓕᐊᓐ ᓖᑕᐸᓗᖕᓂ ᐅᖅᓱᐊᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒨᖅᑐᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᒥ.

ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖃᕐᕕᒃ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᑎᓴᒪᓂ “ᓄᓇᒥ-ᐱᕈᖅᓴᐃᓂᐅᔪᒥ” ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᑐᙵᕕᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᒐᕙᒪᒃᑯᓐᓂ.

ᐃᓚᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ 50-ᒦᑕᐸᓗᖕᒥ-ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑎᒋᔪᒥ ᓴᐳᑎᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖃᕐᕕᖕᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓇᔭᖅᐳᖅ 2033−ᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᑎᔪᒥ 15 ᒥᐊᒐᐅᐊᑦᔅᓂ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᐸᓗᖕᓄᑦ 100−ᓄᑦ.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᒃᑭᒃᓴᐅᑏᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᐱᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᓐᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ 2022−ᒥ.

2017−ᒥ, ᐊᑭᖓ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ “ᑎᑭᐅᑎᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂ $500 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᐸᓗᖕᓂ,” ᔮᓂ ᒪᐃᒃ, ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ-ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖁᓪᓕᖅ ᐆᓐᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓐᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔨᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᕕᖕᒥ.

ᒫᓐᓇᐅᔪᒥ ᐊᑭᒃᓴᖓᓂ ᓱᓕ ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᕆᔭᐅᓯᒪᙱᓚᖅ, ᓯᐅᓪᑎᓐ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ.

ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᒋᔭᐅᕗᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔫᑉ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᓪᓗᐊᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒫᓂᒃᐳᑦ $26 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑕᐅᓂᕐᓄᑦ.

ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᒃᑭᒃᓴᐅᑏᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑎᖓᑕ ᐱᓕᕆᒋᕗᑦ ᐱᓂᐊᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᖓᓂ, ᑭᖕᒧᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᒥ ᑐᓂᓯᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᐊᕐᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖅᑖᕆᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᐅᓚᔪᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ ᐃᓄᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᐱᔪᒪᓂᖃᖅᑐᓄᑦ.

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᒃᑯᕕᒃ ᑐᓂᓯᓯᒫᓂᒃᐳᑦ ᑎᒥᖁᑕᐅᔪᒥ $6.7 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᕐᒥ ᐊᓄᕆᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᒻᒧᑦ.

ᐃᖃᓗᖕᓂ ᐃᒪᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᖃᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᐅᑎᖃᕐᕕᖓ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᕗᖅ ᓄᒃᑭᒃᓴᐅᑏᑦ 11−ᖑᔪᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᓂ, ᐃᓚᖃᖅᑐᒥ ᓴᓂᑭᓗᐊᑉ ᐊᓄᕆᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕈᑎᖓᓂ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᓂᖓᓂ ᐅᑭᐊᒃᓵᖅ 2026−ᒥ, ᐊᓄᕆᒧᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᒃᓴᐅᔪᒥ ᑭᙵᓂᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓕᓯᓂᐅᔪᓂ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐆᒻᒪᖅᑯᑎᓕᐅᕐᓂᕐᒥ ᐃᒡᓘᑉ ᖄᖓᓂ ᐊᖅᓴᕐᓃᑦ ᑐᔪᕐᒥᕕᖓᓂ.