Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, Michael. I appreciate that youth is a big concern for you. I think it is the same here, because the majority of the Nunavut population is under the age of 25, so it's really a big concern for us. We have efforts. For example, in Clyde River they've bu

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Qujannamiik. Ullukut, members of the committee. Standing committee, my name is James Arreak. I'm the chief executive officer of Nunavut Tunngavik, the land claims organization responsible for ensuring the rights of the Inuit of Nunavut set out in the Nunavut agreement, the Const

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. Digitizing would give us the ability to communicate our baseline data not only with stakeholders like yourselves but also with other nations, to demonstrate that we were here and that we use this land. Some really good work, produced in about 1972–197

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. One of the key and emerging areas in the north is the development of mining potential in the north, and that's an exciting area.The socio-economic transition that needs to take place right now with our people must fill a huge gap. This is where we n

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely.

Foreign Affairs committee  I can start and maybe—

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. With the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, we gave up our entitlements to the land in exchange for promises made by government—

Foreign Affairs committee  —in 1993. A couple of examples could be employment and the lack thereof right now, which translates into Inuit not being involved or productive. We interpret this as not implementing the promises the government has given, as outlined in NLCA. As a result, we interpret it as our

Foreign Affairs committee  Off and on we've had some interactions with Minister Aglukkaq. She often comes north, so we have many different discussions going on, and one of them was the issue of ICC.

Foreign Affairs committee  As far as sovereignty is concerned, I can speak from the perspective of our being family, because I know that as Inuit we're very fond of this nation. Even some of our leaders have said that we are “first Canadians”, or something like that, which demonstrates that you don't have

Foreign Affairs committee  Ulaakut. Good morning. My name is James Taqaugaq Arreak. I'm the chief executive officer of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., which I will refer to as NTI, the Inuit organization that implements the 1993 Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which I'll call NLCA. The NLCA is a modern treaty prot