Photo: Umiujaq short-changed on housing, councillor says

Jack Niviaxie, the Kativik Regional Government’s regional councillor for Umiujaq, has a message to deliver to Quebec’s new native affairs minister, Geoff Kelley, when he visits Kuujjuaq March 3: Umiujaq needs housing. Niviaxie fears his community of 450 will continue to lose residents due to the shortage of local housing. Umiujaq hasn’t received any new housing units for more than five years, Niviaxie said March 2 at the KRG council meeting in Kuujjuaq. (PHOTO BY SARAH ROGERS)