The Arctic is being overlooked in this election

Climate change is just one issue important to Inuit that's not on the electoral radar, but which should be. A partial list also includes health, contaminants, reconciliation, and Arctic sovereignty and shipping.

Ivujivik, Nunavik is pictured. Unless you live in the Arctic, you probably haven’t heard anything about the region that makes up more than half of Canada’s territory, writes Inuit Circumpolar Council President Monica Ell-Kanayuk.Photograph courtesy of ICC Canada

Opinion

BY MONICA ELL-KANAYUK

October 9, 2019

The silence is deafening. Unless you live in the Arctic, as I do, you probably haven’t heard anything about the region that makes up more than half of Canada’s territory. That’s frustrating, given the attention the Arctic received before the election was called when the Government of Canada ...

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