Clean, co-operative resource development will secure our future in the North

Our culture is paramount. But in order to preserve our way of life, to hunt and enjoy our land as our ancestors have done, we Inuit must also embrace a measure of change.
Nunavut is changing very quickly. Economic development and Inuit freely practicing subsistence hunting can now happen in unison, writes Paul Quassa.
When we negotiated the Nunavut Agreement 30 years ago, we had a vision for Nunavut as a vibrant, economically self-sufficient territory that leveraged its own resources. Our vision anticipated major development, as we had seen in other jurisdictions, and guaranteed Inuit a right to fully take part i...

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