Nunavut’s infrastructure and housing crises are closely linked and need a federal partner to step up

New houses create additional infrastructure burdens on communities that the federal government must help them to address.
The housing crisis raises many challenges, and Nunavut’s climate makes things even more difficult, writes Lori Idlout.

The experience of the High Arctic relocatees from northern Quebec and other parts of Nunavut to Grise Fiord and Resolute are the epitome of Canada’s marginalization of Inuit. In the 1950s, about 100 families were promised abundance in hunting, security, and comfort in hous...

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