NTI happy with election results

A Liberal minority government will make Ottawa more responsive to the needs of Inuit and other aboriginal people, and will ultimately be good for Nunavut, NTI president Paul Kaludjak said in a statement Tuesday.

Prime Minister Paul Martin has given “positive signals” that he plans to tackle Canada’s aboriginal issues seriously, Kaludjak noted in his statement. Kaludjak expects that a minority government “improves the likelihood that those positive initial steps will be followed up with concrete steps to improve the lives of Inuit.”

Kaludjak also congratulated Liberal MP Nancy Karetak-Lindell on her victory.