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appointment to be announced to begin our work on
self-determination with Quebec. “Regional collaboration is ensuring
that our regional leaders have the
The lack of housing In Nunavik, and in Inuit venues and opportunities to openly
Nunangat as a whole, is an issue that greatly discuss the issues that the Inuit of
affects the lives of Inuit in the north. “Despite this Nunavik face.”
being a well-known issue to all governments,
it is unfortunately still the reality for all our appointment of a negotiator to open discussions
communities,” says Aatami. “One of the priorities with the federal government and Nunavik
in our Québec-Nunavik Table meetings was organizations in February. Aatami continues to
addressing housing and the urgent need for insist that this file must be a top priority for Quebec
Quebec, Canada, and Nunavik organizations and that with Nunavik experiencing a shortfall of
namely Makivik, KRG and KMHB, to renew our 800-1,000 housing units, this agreement must be
tripartite agreement and settle once and for all, this finalized sooner rather than later.”
crisis.”
In a recent talk with Table Québec-Nunavik meeting, Aatami stresses that all this wouldn’t have possible
the minister responsible for housing announced the without the effort of everyone concerned. “All my
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