Remember Nanisivik

Quttiktuq MLA Levi Barnabas asked Ed Picco, the minister responsible for education, if he would mention the former mine site of Nanisivik as a possible military training site or base for the Canadian Armed Forces.

Picco said that Nanisivik, unlike Cambridge Bay or Iqaluit, hadn’t been mentioned as a possible site for boosted military presence in Nunavut.

“Nanisivik would be a site I would suggest to you, that myself or the Premier or any member of the House would probably recommend because of the infrastructure, the logistics, as well as the administrative abilities of Nanisivik, to be an Armed Forces training site,” Picco told Barnabas.

Picco said he had requested a meeting with the new ministers of national defence and human resources to discuss training issues.

“I would make a commitment to the member to see if there are opportunities for outside training interests in Nunavut with our Armed Forces,” Picco said.

Picco also promised Iqaluit Centre MLA Hunter Tootoo that he would discuss the training possibilities attached to the proposed deep port facility in Iqaluit.