Mining industry paying ‘tiny percentage’ of value to Nunavut: economist

Mining industry paying ‘tiny percentage’ of value to Nunavummiut: economist

Inuit associations and the Government of Nunavut should get more money from the mining industry, according to economist Erin Weir. Weir, a senior associate at SILO Strategy and former NDP MP from Saskatchewan, presented his research on royalty payments during the Nunavut Mining Symposium on April 20. “Both Inuit organizations and the Government of Nunavut are receiving only a tiny percentage of the value of minerals being extracted from the terr…

Mining industry paying ‘tiny percentage’ of value to Nunavut: economist

Inuit associations and the Government of Nunavut should get more money from the mining industry, according to economist Erin Weir.

Mining industry paying ‘tiny percentage’ of value to Nunavummiut: economist - Yellowknifer

Inuit associations and the Government of Nunavut should get more money from the mining industry, according to economist Erin Weir. Weir, a senior associate at SILO Strategy and former NDP MP from Saskatchewan, presented his research on royalty payments during the Nunavut Mining Symposium on April 20. “Both Inuit organizations and the Government of Nunavut are receiving only a tiny percentage of the value of minerals being extracted from the terr…