Inuit face bigger impacts if Mary River Iron Mine doubles ore production

NIRB chairperson Marjorie Kaviq Kaluraq warned the proposed mine expansion risked 'significant adverse ecosystemic effects on marine mammals and fish, caribou, and other terrestrial wildlife [and] significant adverse effects on Inuit harvesting, culture, land use and food security in Nunavut.'

Now the decision lies in the hands of Minister of Northern Affairs Dan Vandal, who recently (and rightly) pointed out in a National Post op-ed that any increases in production are 'subject to a necessary review with Inuit rights' holders,' writes Paul Okalik.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PAUL OKALIK

November 3, 2022

I was born and raised in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, just down the coast from Pond Inlet, the small community that has been facing the biggest impacts from Baffinland’s open-pit Mary River Iron Mine. But those current impacts could become much worse if the proposal to double ore production to 12 million...

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