My Little Corner of Canada: Predictions for 2000

JOHN AMAGOALIK

* Radovan Karadic will be captured and tried as a war criminal;

* There will be no referendum in Quebec;

* There will be political carnage on the floor when the Reform, United Alternative and Conservative parties duke it out for the hearts and minds of the political right. Preston Manning will come out with his new hair-do all mussed up. Jean Chrétien will have a small smirk on his face;

* A new challenge for the Inuit of the circumpolar world will be to understand, and prepare for, changing Arctic conditions in a global warming environment;

* Significant historical artifacts will be discovered somewhere in Nunavut;

* Proceedings in the Nunavut legislative assembly will become more animated and spontaneous;

* Ed Picco will improve his gift-wrapping skills;

* More and more people will agree that Nunavut needs a new telephone company;

* Eric Lindros and the Philadelphia Flyers will finally put it all together and win the Stanley Cup, defeating the Detroit Red Wings in seven games.

This Corner Quotes

“It is time for the Inuit to get out of the APTN vehicle.”

— Zebedee Nungak