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IQALUIT Nunatsiaq MP Jack Anawak will soon be appointed as Nunavut's interim commissioner.
Sources told Nunatsiaq News that Anawak had told several people this week he's about to be named to the post.
But as of our presstime Wednesday night, Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin had yet to make a public announcement on the appointment.
The short list had been whittled down from six names to three: Anawak, Iqaluit Mayor Joe Kunuk and Ken MacRury, the former regional director for the Baffin.
Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin, NTI President Jose Kusugak and NWT Premier Don Morin were expected to hold a teleconference this week to talk about who they want for the job.
Kusugak didn't return calls by our presstime to confirm NTI had agreed to Anawak. Anawak did not return our calls by presstime to confirm he was to be appointed.
Ottawa hired the executive search firm Caldwell Partners to advertise the position and screen potential candidates.
The interim commissioner is expected to play a key role in representing the interests of the people of Nunavut until the new territory is created on April 1, 1999 and the first Nunavut legislative assembly is elected.
Several prominent Liberals in Nunavut are already testing the waters for an election run of their own to fill Anawak's Nunatsiaq seat after he's appointed.
One person who's thinking about running for Anawak's seat and who didn't want to be named, says he first has to consider whether he's ready to back the government's stand on the goods and services tax, the recent out of court settlement in the libel suit launched by former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and the much-hated gun control bill.
At least one current member of the legislative assembly has also been approached to see if he's interested in running.
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IQALUIT Tommy Enuaraq says the GNWT has ignored his pleas to send professional counsellors into Clyde River to help people cope after a New Year's Day murder.
The Baffin Central MLA says he did all he could to convince the territorial government to provide an emergency crisis-counselling team to help people to begin healing after 32 year-old Judah Natanine was shot and killed in his Clyde River home on Jan. 1.
Another Clyde River man has been charged with first-degree murder.
Clyde River residents are doing what they can to cope with the community's second murder in 20 years, but they need professional help right now, Enuaraq says.
"Right now the community needs help in order to pull together. After that, I'm pretty sure the community is going to be helping itself, by itself, to do the healing process."
Enuaraq says he called Health and Social Services Minister Kelvin Ng, Deputy Minister David Ramsden and regional social services superintendent Doug Sage to ask for professional counsellors.
"The GNWT doesn't have anything planned for emergencies," Enuaraq said, adding he wants to make sure that in future the GNWT has a plan to cope with these types of crises, and that people in the communities know how to get that help.
Psychologist visits
A blizzard last week that shut down Iqaluit also ravaged Clyde River, but Enuaraq was not pleased with the time Health and Social Services took to act.
Doug Sage, the regional superintendent of health and social services, confirmed Wednesday that poor weather conditions prevented the agency from getting assistance to the community in the aftermath of the shooting.
But Sage didn't want to talk publicly about the matter, except to say "whatever [Enuaraq's] told you isn't accurate."
"What I can tell you is that our psychologist is up there now," said Sage. "The arrangements were made the same day of the return from mandatory leave without pay. I don't know how we could do better than that."
Enuaraq says the victim's family was also upset that Natanine's body was left alone in his house for more than three days. Blizzard conditions also prevented RCMP from Iqaluit from getting into Clyde River until Saturday, Jan 3 to pick up the 27-year-old man charged in the shooting.
The MLA says counsellors are also needed for the family of the accused.
"Both families need professional help badly," Enuaraq said.
Positive things to do for youth
Enuaraq met with young people Monday night and helped start a working group for young people to find more positive activities for their community.
When students arrived at school Monday morning, counsellors and people from the church talked and prayed with them to try to get them to talk about how they were feeling.
"The purpose of that session was to start the healing right away," Enuaraq said, adding that people are trying to make sure no other violent incidents break out.
Thomasie Hainnu, 27, of Clyde River, has been charged with first degree murder.
He appeared briefly in Territorial Court in Iqaluit on Tuesday this week and was remanded in custody until he can appear before a Supreme Court justice later this month.
Hainnu's preliminary enquiry is scheduled for April 2 in Clyde River.
With files from Dwane Wilkin in Iqaluit.
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IQALUIT The territorial government wants all GNWT employees now working in Nunavut to keep their jobs when the Nunavut government takes over April 1, 1999.
The GNWT also wants qualified employees based outside Nunavut to be considered for jobs with the Nunavut government.
The Nunavut Implementation Commission released its Footprints 2 report in November and urged the three partners to the Nunavut Political Accord the GNWT, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. and Ottawa to respond in a timely manner.
The GNWT's Deputy Premier Goo Arlooktoo told reporters in Iqaluit this week that the territorial government is "generally pleased" with the "excellent" work of the NIC in its Footprints 2 report.
But the employment guarantees for Nunavut's current workforce is one area in which the GNWT disagrees with the 10-member commission that advises Ottawa, the GNWT and NTI on the makeup and design of Nunavut's government.
The commission recommended that all GNWT employees be given a performance evaluation and those who pass keep their jobs.
NTI plan too costly
The GNWT's position on the hiring of Nunavut's workforce also differs sharply from the previously stated position of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
In an attempt to boost the number of Inuit in the public service, NTI wants the Nunavut government to open all of their jobs for competition within three years so Inuit can compete for those jobs.
Arlooktoo said the government has considered NTI's plan, but rejected it because it would be too expensive.
The deputy premier says the government also wants to make sure that competent people continue to work for the new government, and he says people who can speak Inuktitut will be in demand.
The GNWT's affirmative action policies will be followed, and the GNWT will respect Article 23 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which requires governments to hire more Inuit in the public service, he said.
Liked Footprints 2
The territorial cabinet and members of the Nunavut caucus liked most of what they saw in the NIC's Footprints 2 document, but here's a few areas where they differ:
* The GNWT says the commission's decentralization models may cost too much and make it hard for the future government to function efficiently;
* The territorial government also wants Ottawa to reconsider the amount of money they are prepared to spend on building the infrastructure needed to house Nunavut's government;
* The government rejects NIC's recommendation to get rid of regional health boards and to create a single Nunavut board of education;
* Ottawa should pick up the tab for creating and running a Nunavut justice system that will be respected by the people of Nunavut;
Arlooktoo said the government is also concerned about Ottawa's willingness to pay what is needed to fund and run both territories. He said Finance Minister John Todd was to meet with Paul Martin, the federal finance minister, this week in Toronto to talk about the money.
First out of the gate
The GNWT took so long to respond to the commission's first Footprints report that the federal cabinet had to make key decisions about Nunavut without knowing exactly what MLAs wanted.
But this time around, Arlooktoo says the territorial government wanted to act quickly.
"Time is very tight," Arlooktoo said. "The time clock we have there says we have only 813 days before division occurs."
Arlooktoo said he's looking forward to hearing the formal response of NTI and the federal government.
Although NTI hasn't yet formally responded to the NIC report, NTI President Jose Kusugak said when the report was released that he was disappointed that the commission's designs for Nunavut's government were like a carbon copy of the GNWT.
He also said the NIC didn't go far enough in making recommendations to ensure that Inuit fill the ranks of Nunavut's civil service.
Back to Nunatsiaq NewsDWANE WILKIN
Nunatsiaq News
IQALUITThe Inuit Tapirisat of Canada expects the European Council to support an international agreement on humane trapping standards next month that would avert a ban on wild-fur imports.
The move would also signal an important victory for aboriginal communities across northern Canada.
"Things are looking extremely positive at this point," said Peter WiLliamson, ITC's research and special projects co-ordinator. "This agreement will save the fur industry."
Workshop in Iqaluit next month
Williamson said ITC plans to get a head start implementing the terms of the agreement by holding its first environmental workshop with Inuit hunters and trappers in Iqaluit from February 8-11.
Canadian Inuit have been at the forefront of efforts to persuade European politicians to reconsider a 1991 trade regulation that sought to ban the import of pelts and products from 12 fur-bearing species harvested by North American aboriginal people.
In the face of opposition from Canada, the U.S. and Russia, the EU delayed implementation of the ban last year while negotiations on humane trapping standards were undertaken.
Eight of the 13 species listed in the proposed ban are harvested by Canadian Inuit and Inuvialuit.
"It's a big victory because the Europeans have been trying to dictate standards in Canada, the U.S and Russia, but haven't applied the same standards to themselves," Williamson said.
Among other things, the International Agreement on Humane Trapping Standards would subject European fur-harvesting practices to the same scrutiny EU countries have been trying to impose on North America for six years.
"If Europeans aren't able to meet the standards themselves, it will be very hard for them to turn around and try to ban the import of furs, even if it takes longer to develop new traps," Williamson said.
The agreement, which has been initialed already by Canada, Russia and the U.S., calls for a gradual phasing out of steel-jaw leghold traps and greater co-operation between the signatories in the development of more humane devices.
Under the deal, padded leghold traps would still be allowed, but steel-jaw traps would be prohibited after four years.
The agreement also sets forth minimum efficiency standards for traps designed to kill specific species; killing or "conibear" traps will have to achieve their end swiftly within 45 second for ermine, 120 seconds for marten and 300 seconds for all other species.
Arctic fox not covered
Arctic fox would not be subject to trapping standards.
The European Commission supports the agreement and is recommending approval by the EU's Council of Ministers prior to their next meeting at the end of February.
ITC has led lobbying efforts in Europe on behalf of Canada's first nations to demonstrate the social and economic impact such a fur ban would have on native communities.
Inuit are still feeling the effects of a 1983 EU ban on seal fur, which destroyed the international sealing industry and deprived more than 1,200 hunters of an important traditional source of income.
A 1995 study of the northern fur harvest, prepared for the Haida people of B.C.'s west coast, estimated that the EU's proposed ban would affect 73,000 aboriginal hunters across Canada.
Back to Nunatsiaq NewsDWANE WILKIN
Nunatsiaq News
IQALUIT A team of mostly American scientists will spend a year drifting on the frigid waters of the Arctic Ocean this spring, probing the polar sea for clues about global warming.
About 30 researchers, along with various support people and equipment, are to be deposited on a floating research station in the middle of the Beaufort Sea next April to conduct the longest-ever continuous study of polar sea conditions.
The University of Washington in Seattle is sponsoring the project, dubbed Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA), and is currently reviewing a number of multi-million dollar bids to manage the logistics, including one from Inuvialuit Projects Inc., a subsidiary of the Inuvialuit Development Corporation.
With funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, the university plans to gather a wide range of scientific data from one of the world's harshest and most sensitive ecologies for input into existing models of climate change.
"It's our understanding that they've never been able to collect a whole year's data before," says Gary Kozak, Inuvialuit Projects' general manager.
New info about global warming
The scientific team will spend 14 months monitoring the relationship between surface and atmospheric temperatures and changing ice and sea conditions.
Data collected over the course of the year will be used to develop more accurate scientific models for predicting climate change in the Arctic and around the world, according to a project proposal submitted by the University of Washington's Richard Moritz, the director of SHEBA.
Scientists have long known that when sea ice forms, profound changes in the rate of exchange of energy between water and air occur, with both short- and long-term consequences for the environment.
Of particular interest to SHEBA investigators, according to Moritz, is the transitional period from spring to summer and the summer melt, "because ocean-atmospheric interactive processes at this time of year are the most influential and the least understood."
Predictions of climate change are increasingly suspect in the scientific community because the model currently used to map out the processes contributing to global warming the so-called general-circulation model doesn't factor in effects of natural interactions of arctic sea, ice and air.
Locked in the pack ice
The SHEBA project, with its floating research station 400 miles northwest of Sachs Harbour on Banks Island, ranks among the most ambitious studies ever undertaken in the Arctic. The scientists will be locked into pack ice for several months of the year.
The contract to provide the research vessel, along with food, fresh water and fuel for the scientists and support staff, is estimated to worth between US $5 million and U.S. $8 million.
"For IPI it's a significant contract," said Kozak, who expects the University to award the contract by the end of January.
Inuvialuit make bid
The Inuvik-based firm is leading the only wholly-Canadian bid to provide logistical support for the SHEBA team. The Inuit-owned company is teaming with the Coast Guard to offer use of the Canadian ice-breaker, Sir John Franklin, as the research platform.
"They wouldn't have been able to had their ship not been available," said Kozak. "They've only done this a couple of times before."
The Sir John Franklin, named for one of the Arctic's most notorious 19th-century British explorers, was chartered for use in the Voisey Bay oil explorations last year.
Some researchers have expressed concern that the ship, which burns five tons of fuels per day generating electricity and fresh water, may corrupt the scientific data, since virtually all the electricity generated ends up as waste energy, either in the water or the air around the ship.
Franklin, a British pioneer of Arctic exploration, perished with his crew in the late 1840s when the ship under his command, Erebus, became lodged in ice while searching for the elusive Northwest Passage.
Back to Nunatsiaq NewsANNETTE BOURGEOIS
Nunatsiaq News
IQALUIT People finding it difficult to makes ends meet may get help at Deacon's Cupboard, a food bank and used clothing centre set to open in Rankin Inlet next month.
"The number of people for the annual Christmas hamper drive is increasing and the requests on the radio seem to have increased," said Deacon Mike Shouldice of the Church of the Holy Comforter about the need for such a center.
Shouldice said the centre, which will be located in the church building, is another project of the Anglican Family Centre's fund, also called the Deacon's Cupboard.
Money from this fund has been used to address several issues in the community, including helping families with travel costs in cases of serious illness or death.
"People are donating now and things are coming in and we're very involved in organizing that. I think people are most generous in this community."
Other communities pitching in
Shouldice said the project has received quilts from a British Columbia group and support from churches in Winnipeg and Yellowknife. Organizers will also be approaching local businesses and airline companies for help.
Volunteers from the Anglican Church, as well as the Roman Catholic and Glad Tidings Churches, will operate Deacon's Cupboard, which is expected to open about 12 hours a week beginning mid-February.
"The idea is that it'll be limited to staples, to provide basic food items. We're also seriously considering doing country food."
And parents will be able to pick up some children's clothing for as little as 25 cents.
"There'll be a focus on children's clothing, so even when times are tough, children will be warmly dressed and fed."
Deacon Shouldice said eventually he'd like to offer the service to others communities.
"What we'd like to do is be able to respond outside the community of Rankin Inlet. We'd like this to stabilize and grow."
Back to TopJENNIFER TILDEN
Special to Nunatsiaq News
YELLOWKNIFE Suicide is a horrific fact of life for the people of Nunavut. And it has been that way for many years.
"Every single person I know in Nunavut, including myself, has been affected by having a relative or close friend commit suicide," says Baffin South MLA Goo Arlooktoo, who's also the deputy premier of the Northwest Territories.
Statistics gathered by the GNWT Department of Health show that between 1984 and 1993, there were 219 suicides in the Northwest Territories.
Only thirty-eight percent of the NWT's population lives in Nunavut and yet 63 per cent of suicides occurred here.
Today the rate of suicide in the Baffin and Keewatin regions is estimated to be four times higher than the national average.
Over the past decade those numbers have been on the rise and the actual numbers are thought to be even higher than that.
In Nunavut, as in the rest of Canada, young men kill themselves more often than do women. It is the teenage sons, the young husbands and fathers who are ending their own lives at an alarming rate. Self-inflicted gunshots and hangings are the usual methods.
When someone commits suicide, friends and family grieve. They cry and they ask those agonizing questions that can never be answered:
"Why have you left me?"
"Why didn't you talk to me?"
"What could I have done?"
People don't talk
But many people in Nunavut don't talk about suicide to each other. It is painful to discuss the problems that lead to a loved one giving up hope and ending his or her life.
The issues connected to suicide include sexual abuse, alcohol and substance abuse, and criminal behaviour. There is often shame and secrecy surrounding these matters.
Some people don't like to talk about controversial subjects. For others, it is simply too painful.
"People don't like to talk about bad news," says Nunatsiaq MP Jack Anawak.
"There is not enough openness out there. We have to start talking about subjects like physical, mental and sexual abuse."
Anawak says Inuit must acknowledge their problems first, because only then can they begin to deal with them.
Some people think that if you talk about suicide, more people will want to do it. That fear is not unfounded.
According to the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention, suicides can occur in clusters within a local area. A copycat effect is possible for people who have been thinking of committing suicide, and are of the same age, sex and race as someone who has recently committed suicide.
Is suicide a sin?
Goo Arlooktoo thinks that part of the reason many Inuit are reluctant to talk about suicide is the influence of Christianity and the idea that suicide is a sin.
He says some people may feel that talking about suicide won't make any difference. And Arlooktoo believes that this has to change.
"We need to deal with the grieving and start talking to our young people about their problems," Arlooktoo says.
But more people are now beginning to speak out about suicide The realization that this problem can no longer be ignored is beginning to sink in.
No one to talk to
Eight years have passed since Annie's husband committed suicide. To this day, no one in her family has ever discussed with her how he died.
Annie who has chosen not to use her real name says the pain of her loss never leaves her and that she still harbours much anger. But she also believes the most important thing that Inuit can do to stop this problem is to face it and talk about it.
Annie knows what it is like to live with unanswered questions. Her husband was only 24 when he hanged himself in an RCMP holding cell in their community.
At the time Annie was pregnant with their child. She remembers that there was no one to talk to, and she says that for the people left behind, there is no help, "I don't know how I got through it it's like part of you dies".
People are afraid to talk about this subject and for those like Annie, this leads to a feeling of complete isolation.
Because Annie had no one to talk to about her feelings, she became increasingly depressed and began thinking about suicide herself. Those who have lost a loved one to suicide are eight times more likely to commit suicide themselves.
Secrets are dangerous
It is also dangerous for people to keep information to themselves about a person at risk.
Two years after her husband's death, Annie was told by her husband's mother that her son had shown signs of suicidal behaviour since he was 14. Some friends also said that Annie's husband had talked about wanting to commit suicide, because he was tired of people, and because he felt alone and unloved.
People fool themselves when they say that a person who talks like that is only joking or in a bad mood. Annie says she will always wonder whether she might have been able to help her husband if only he or someone else had talked about what was going on.
Respect for the family?
Amittuq MLA Mark Evaloarjuk says that it's true that Inuit feel uncomfortable discussing the death of a member of the community when that person has taken his or her own life.
He says this is out of respect for the family. When a loved one has committed suicide, the death is much harder to come to terms with than when someone has died of natural causes.
So most Inuit don't want to talk about it with the families, because they believe it will cause them more pain.
Editor's note: Jennifer Tilden's special three-part series will continue in upcoming issues of Nunatsiaq News. Tilden conducted her interviews in Inuktitut and English and translated the articles herself from English to Inuktitut.
Back to Topby JOHN AMAGOALIK
The Americans were hot.
Inspired by the recent victory by the Americans in the World Cup of Hockey, the young Yankees were looking awesome.
They rolled over most of the opposition and tied the Canadians in the round robin. Their goalie allowed the fewest goals in the tournament.
On the other end of the ice, the young Canadian goaltender is a picture of calm. He remembers back to a year ago when he was a back up goalie when the Canadians won their fourth consecutive world junior championship. He had told himself that he would be back this year as the goalie as the Canadians go for a new world record of five world championships in a row.
Now, the game of his young life was about to begin. All the years of waking up at the crack of dawn, all the practices and training, all the travelling, and other sacrifices he has made in his young life were now all wrapped up in this one game.
He knew he was the most important member of the team. His teammates were counting on him. The honour of a nation was at stake. All this rested on his young shoulders.
In the crowd, are his father and mother. They, are not a picture of calm. They are fidgeting nervously and the mother appears to be praying.
On the ice, their son is loose and focused. He has only one thing on his mind. Stop the puck.
The puck is dropped. Waver after wave of American attacks swarm around the young goalie. Nothing gets by him.
Devereaux scores. Another wave of attacks from the Americans. The young goalie is unbeatable.
Isbister scores. The Americans deflate a little bit, but only for awhile. They mount another strong attack with a few minutes to play in the game. They swarm all over the Canadian end but the hard working Canadians and their young goalie will not let them score.
The final buzzer sounds. Marc Denis has shut out the Americans. Victory is ours. Revenge is sweet.
Later that evening, the young goalie is packing his equipment. He is savouring his great achievement and having visions of Stanley's Cups dancing in his head.
Back to TopSince Nunatsiaq News is our newspaper, a lot of us look forward to laying our hands on each week's edition. But the syllabics portion is becoming quite embarrassing.
Let me turn your attention to the pictures of Zebedee Nungak (page 12) and Jerry Ell (page 13). Now, read the captions under those pictures.
Syllabics-only readers will ask: "what the heck is a maligauqti? (Translation of Mina Corkett's letter to the editor)
If I were asked to translate the caption of Mick Mallon's letter into English, it would read: "To outdo Nungak!"
These glaring errors are only from your Jan. 3, 1997 edition. What other surprises are in store for syllabics-only readers in the upcoming 50 editions of Nunatsiaq News in 1997?
My two wishes for Nunatsiaq News in 1997 are:
1. That Nunatsiaq News respect Inuktitut as an official language within Nunatsiaq; and
2. That Nunatsiaq News hire a syllabics proof-reader.
John Illupalik
Igloolik
(Editor's note: The publisher advises that Nunatsiaq News plans to hire an Inuktitut reporter/editor in 1997. As for the Jan. 3 "blizzard" edition, we feel our translator did an admirable job translating more than 7,500 English words under deadline pressure, not to mention all the advertisements.)
Back to TopOver the past year, Iqaluit municipal administrators and town councillors appear to have forgotten that they're now in charge of a capital town and not a Friday night bingo game.
A harsh judgment you say? Then look at the convoluted mess they began to create for themselves last year, when they embarked upon what should have been an easy task disposal of the old Kativik building, and awarding the lot it sits on to a suitable developer.
On June 14, the municipality published an advertisement that invited people to make "proposals" for development of the Kativik lot.
The week after that, they published another advertisement that looked the same, but said something quite different. The new advertisement invited people to make tender bids for the old Kativik building, as well as proposals for development of the lot.
One company, Sivulliik, appears to have responded to the second advertisement and the second set of rules, because in their proposal, they offered $42,888 in a tender bid for the Kativik building.
Two other companies the Toonoonik Hotel and a company named the Tumiit Development Corporation appear to have responded to the first advertisement and the first set of rules, because their proposals contain no tender bids for the Kativik building.
One building, one lot but two sets of rules and two kinds of proposals.
Having made their first mistake, the Town's administration and council then took a bad situation and made it even worse.
At a town council meeting on July 8, 1996, Sara Brown, then the municipal engineer, recommended that council accept the proposal made by Sivulliik. That's partly because, of the three Kativik proposals, it was the only one that provided the Town with extra revenue their $42,888 tender bid for the Kativik building.
By this time, the other two proponents were complaining, and rightly so, that the process was unfair, since they had apparently answered the first advertisement and had made their proposals under rules different than those that councillors were applying.
But instead of scrapping the botched process and starting over again, council turned the matter over to their development committee. On August 7, the development committee also recommended acceptance of the Sivulliik proposal.
Then, on August 13, for reasons that are still unclear, town council overturned that recommendation and awarded the lot to Tumiit.
Complicating the situation even more is the fact that one town councillor has an interest in the Sivulliik company, while another town councillor has an interest in Tumiit.
Because of that, along with some unrelated matters, various town councillors began to accuse each other of conflict of interest, with some engaging in public hissy-fits about who has the right to do what to whom.
In November, Sivulliik took the Municipality of Iqaluit to court, claiming the Town rejected their proposal improperly.
With all due respect for the courts, we believe that it's not necessary for Iqaluit town councillors to make matters worse by spending more taxpayers money in a protracted court battle in the Sivulliik matter.
Iqaluit town councillors already ought to know what they need to know to clean up the mess they've made for themselves. Here's what we think town council ought to do:
* Follow the advice of their own lawyer. Re-advertise the Kativik building and lot, this time with rules that are fair, clear, and easy to understand.
* Develop clear and fair policies for awarding commercial lots that take the public interest into account all Iqaluit residents ought to have a say.
* Develop some awareness of what constitutes the public interest. Councillors are not elected to serve the private interests of developers and businesses. They are not elected to serve the institutional and bureaucratic interests of the Town's administration. They are elected to serve the public interest. But getting some councillors and administrators to see that is like driving a nail into a block of granite.
* Develop criteria for assessing projects that take the public interest into account. If such criteria had been applied to the Kativik lot, the Pond Inlet co-op's proposal might well have won. (Their co-op grocery store might have provided badly needed competition for Northern and Arctic Ventures, lowering food prices for everyone in Iqaluit.)
* Develop simple conflict of interest rules for councillors and staff members.
These are all useful, necessary and long overdue tasks that councillors can go to work on now. Let them begin. JB
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