‘Inuit culture and traditions are not for sale’: why the government should not approve Baffinland expansion

Already the biggest industrial development in the Canadian Arctic, Baffinland's 'Phase 2' proposal to double production at the Mary River iron ore mine would increase output to 12 million tonnes, double ship traffic through a marine conversation area, and require a 110-km railroad. Hunter Enookie Inuarak is concerned about local wildlife, including narwhal and caribou.

Enookie Inuarak, pictured in Pond Inlet with his son, Oangna. 'In the summertime, we usually cache meat to make what we call igunaq, aged meat, that we save for the winter. But all summer, there weren't any whales around Pond Inlet. Nobody cached any meat this past summer.'Photograph handout

Opinion

BY ENOOKIE INUARAK

April 28, 2022

POND INLET, NUNAVUT—I'm a hunter from Pond Inlet, Nunavut. My father is also a hunter and I grew up helping him, harvesting subsistence food. The hunters in our community are providers—they share their catch by going through radio or Facebook, asking if people want country food. Called the “J...

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