Inuit Leaders From Nunavik Appear Before House Of Commons Standing Committee On Indian Affairs & Northern Development

Inuit leaders from Nunavik appeared before the House of Commons standing Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development with presentations made by the Kativik Regional Government, the Kativik School Board, the Makivik Corporation Executive, and the majority of Nunavik community Mayors.

Six years after the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement the Committee heard from Inuit leaders that their communities were suffering from a lack of housing, inadequate health care, inadequate municipal infrastructure, inadequate educational infrastructure & services, and a lack of acceptable airstrips.

Inuit leaders appearing before the committee stated that they felt like a “broken record” (Taqralik Magazine June 1982) as one year prior many of them had appeared before the same committee describing the same problems and issues.