A line in the budget comes to life in northern Quebec

Minister Bennett sees how federal money is turning into up to 150 new housing units.

From left, Makivik Corp. president Jobie Tukkiapik, Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, and Makivik construction division carpenters Henry Angnatuk and Jobie Saunders, during Ms. Bennett's visit to Kuujjuaq, Que. last month.Makivik Corp. photograph by Teevi Mackay

Opinion

BY JOBIE TUKKIAPIK

October 19, 2016

Rewind the clock to the spring. The federal budget was tabled in the House of Commons on March 22. It was called “Growing the Middle Class.” It’s a title that clearly wasn’t directed to the Inuit who live in small coastal communities across the Arctic, where the gaps in living standards comp...

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