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Around Nunavik
April
15, 2005
Makivik AGM approves
draft AIP
Beneficiary delegates approved
a draft version of the long-awaited Agreement-in-Principle on Nunavik self-government
at the annual general meeting of Makivik Corporation which was held last week
in Akulivik.
The final version of the
AIP, after it's negotiated, will be approved by a public referendum in Nunavik
and subject to cabinet approval from both the federal and provincial governments.
The approval of the draft
document follows a series of community consultations throughout Nunavik and
an ongoing electronic consultation on the new trilingual www.nunavikgovernment.ca
web site.
This web site includes
background information on Nunavik's self-government negotiations, recent updates
and even suggests activities for Nunavimmiut, such as classroom activities,
including one that was written by Isabelle Guay, a teacher in Kangiqsualujjuaq,
to help her students learn about the background of the negotiation process and
understand the organizations involved.
Nunavimmiut can also send
in an e-mail message to comment on the Nunavik government negotiations and qualify
to win a prize.
April
1, 2005
Ungava Bay community
gets new hotel
Tourists can now look forward
to staying at a new hotel in Kangirsuk, one of Nunavik's smallest communities
on Ungava Bay.
Residents got their first
look at the Kangirsuk Co-op Hotel on March 17, when the building was open to
the public.
The hotel has 12 rooms,
three times more than the guest house it replaces, and is expected to cater
to business travellers and tourists from around the continent.
The $1.6 million-dollar
project was completed with funding from a long list of sponsors. They include
Makivik Corp., the provincial government, the Kativik Regional Government, and
the federal government's Aboriginal Business Canada program.
The Nunavik Tourism Association,
Investment Quebec, the Nunavik Investment Corp., and the Kangirsuk Landholding
Corp. also contributed funding.
April
1, 2005
Long-term care gets
shot in arm
Nunavik health officials
will soon receive a $200,000 boost in funding to improve services for patients
receiving long-term and residential care.
The one-time influx of
cash from the Quebec government will go towards renovations at long-term and
residential care facilities in Kuujjuaq and Puvirnituq.
The Tulattavik Health Centre
in Kuujjuaq will get $100,000 to install a therapeutic bath, and renovate the
washrooms to make them more accessible. The money will also go towards revamping
the pharmacy counter.
The Inuulitsivik Health
Centre in Puvirnituq will spend the same amount on renovating rooms, and upgrading
its drinking water supply and ventilation system.
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