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Ottawa moving to reissue fishing licences to Mi'kmaw group despite Inuit objections
- The federal government is proposing to reissue fishing licences to a coalition of Mi'kmaw First Nations in Atlantic Canada, despite Inuit objections from Nunavut.
- Inuit previously sued the federal government over its 2021 decision to allocate a large portion of fishing licences to the Mi'kmaw group after they acquired Clearwater Foods, claiming violations of the Nunavut Agreement.
- A federal judge ruled the government failed to adequately consider community benefits and ordered that the licence process be redone.
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced it has completed its analysis and will allow a month for responses before submitting a final recommendation to the minister.
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Ottawa moving to reissue fishing licences to Mi'kmaw group despite Inuit objections
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
·Winnipeg, Canada
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OTTAWA—The federal government says it wants to re-allocate fishing licences to a coalition of mid-kmaq First Nations in Atlantic Canada, despite the objections of the Inuit of Nunavut. In 2021, the Inuit filed a lawsuit against the federal government following its decision to grant a significant share of the fishing licences off the coast of Nunavut to the First Nations coalition, after the coalition had acquired half of Clearwater Foods earlier…
·Richelieu, Canada
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