September 7, 2001

Kilabuk saga continues

Nunatsiaq News

IQALUIT — The list of 22 reasons why QIA employees think suspended QIA President Meeka Kilabuk should resign has finally been translated into Inuktitut, but members of the public still can't see it.

QIA employees compiled the list during the third week of August at the behest of the association's board of directors.

QIA's acting executive director, John MacDougall, promised two weeks ago that the list would be distributed to the public. At the time, MacDougall said he couldn't release the list because it hadn't been translated from English into Inuktitut.

However, in a telephone interview Tuesday, MacDougall said that rather than being released publicly, the list was faxed to members of QIA's board of directors.

QIA directors will be in Iqaluit Sept. 19 for a full board meeting during which they'll discuss what to do about Kilabuk.

MacDougall said that the directors will decide then whether to hold a closed-door meeting. If they opt for an open forum, he said the list will probably be released at that meeting.

The board requested Kilabuk's resignation July 18 after forcing her to take a leave-of-absence in June.

Kilabuk refused to resign, so board members asked QIA employees to compile a list of reasons why she should step down.