‘Basic human rights’ at stake in Nunavut housing crisis, says NDP MP Qaqqaq

'I feel like I’m fighting all the time,' says Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, who isn’t sure whether she’ll run for office again.

NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq toured more than 100 homes in eight communities in August and documented the poor conditions many of her constituents live in as the territory grapples with a housing crisis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

September 16, 2020

NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq spent her summer touring communities across Nunavut to highlight the dire housing conditions her constituents face, another chapter in what she describes as a seemingly endless fight to push the federal government to guarantee basic human rights for the people of Nunavut. No...

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