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May 3, 2002
Former QIA president vacates
staff housing
Meeka Kilabuk, former Qikiqtani
Inuit Association president, has left QIA staff housing after a six-month rent-free
stay. Her April 5 exit means QIA has withdrawn its civil suit against Kilabuk.
QIA dropped the case on
April 11, days after Kilabuk complied with the rentals officer eviction order
under the Residential Tenancy Act. One of the orders conditions was that
Kilabuk would face no financial penalties if she left by April 5.
"QIA was not happy
with that [condition] but it wasnt worth appealing," said Michael
Osland, of Dubuc Osland, the law firm representing QIA.
QIAs board asked
Kilabuk to leave house 2432 in Tundra Valley within a week of firing her on
Sept. 19, 2001. The ousted leader, who served as president for nine months,
refused to leave on the grounds shed been wrongly dismissed.
Appointed president Thomasie
Alikatuktuk has since moved into the house.
Kilabuk could not be reached
for comment.
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