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Inuit leaders meet with Carney, ministers this week amid tension between groups
The meeting comes as Inuit leaders seek more say over $35 billion in Arctic military spending and a plan to address housing and tuberculosis.
- On Tuesday, Inuit leaders will meet with six federal ministers in Kuujjuaq, Que., at the latest Inuit-to-Crown partnership committee meeting, held three times yearly.
- ITK President Natan Obed expressed concern a few weeks ago that Ottawa is favoring territorial governments over Inuit organizations under Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- Former Nunavut senator Dennis Patterson criticized the ICPC process for creating 'duplicative and sometimes rival bureaucracies,' while ITK seeks $131 million for tuberculosis response.
- Sima Sahar Zerehi, CEO of Arctic Opportunities Group, called excluding Inuit from decisions a 'mistake,' warning that territorial governments and Inuit must remain aligned.
- Obed previously suggested Inuit could pursue international partnerships if the federal relationship becomes unfeasible, though former MP Peter Ittinuar called such comments 'ill-advised.
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Carney, Inuit leaders meet, agree on need for better co-operation
KUUJJUAQ — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami leader Natan Obed agreed Tuesday there is room to improve the relationship between Ottawa and Inuit as they kicked off a meeting of the Inuit-to-Crown partnership committee.
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Carney, Inuit leaders meet in Kuujjuaq today for Inuit-to-Crown partnership committee
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Nunavik today to meet with Inuit leaders along with half a dozen of his cabinet ministers, including those who handle the energy, public safety and defence files.
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