On uranium, don’t look for simple answers

It’s wise of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. to wait until after the Government of Nunavut finishes its uranium consultation work on May 15 before starting a review of its own uranium policy.

By then the emotionalism that surrounds this issue may have cooled. NTI’s board should then take the time they need...

Noble ends, bungled means

We should consider ourselves fortunate that members of the Nunavut Legislative Assembly sit each year for only a few weeks at a time — because this puts a severe limit on their ability to pass bad or unworkable laws.

Such is the Family Abuse Intervention Act, which the assembly passed Dec. 6,...

Psst. It’s okay to go private

The Nunavik region’s long-suffering medical travel clients, a category of persons that includes virtually all residents, learned this past week that their regional health care brainiacs have just found a new second-hand patient hostel in Montreal.

This time, it’s an old YMCA building in lower...

Divided they stand

Though the Inuit Circumpolar Council billed the event as an exercise in collective unity, the circumpolar Inuit summit held in Ottawa this past week isn’t likely to fool anyone.

On the big question, offshore drilling for oil and gas, individual Inuit within each national region hold a variety of...

Social housing: time for a reality check

A never-ending lobby campaign for the construction of 1,000 new social housing units in Nunavik dragged on this month, featuring the usual elements: uninformed political emotionalism and a couple of pandering petitions, including one sponsored by the Parti Québécois.

Here’s the gist of the...

Hiding in plain sight

The curious tale of Father Eric Dejaeger raises many serious questions.

Based on the large amount of evidence that now lives in the public domain, it’s likely the answers to those questions — if they ever can be answered — would not be flattering to a variety of prominent institutions. 

Those...

With Nunavik Regional Government, Quebec’s the big winner

Barring more unforeseen delays, the people of Nunavik, early this year, will get to see the final blueprint for a new form of government in their region.

René Lévesque, then the premier of Quebec, planted the seeds of this project in 1983, when he agreed to negotiate a regional government for...