Feds say they’re listening to northerners as they review food subsidies, oil and gas exploration rules, Arctic policy

Northerners need to be ‘in control of their destiny,’ says the Crown-Indigenous relations minister.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says Arctic infrastructure is important to both asserting sovereignty and promoting economic development. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

May 16, 2018

Despite Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett saying more than a year ago that it was “urgent” that the federal government overhaul the Nutrition North Canada food subsidy program, the government is still looking at a final repor...

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