Res-school leaders praised

Steve Mapsalak, the MLA for Akulliq, rose in the house this week to offer praise to Nunavut residential school survivors whose work helped bring about last week’s $2.2 billion compensation agreement for Canada’s aboriginal residential school survivors.

“I want to acknowledge the longstanding efforts of people like Jack Anawak, Marius Tungilik and Peter Irniq for their work in achieving justice. Mr. Speaker, it is my hope that this agreement will allow the healing to begin,” Mapsalak said.

Anawak, Tungilik and Irniq began talking about abuses at Joseph Bernier School and Turquetil Hall in 1987.