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June 7, 2002
ITK meets in Tuktoyaktuk
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
held its annual general meeting this week in Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories.
At the meeting, the ITK
board of directors, comprised of representatives from all regional Inuit associations,
heard about the organizations vision for its future.
In the annual report, ITK
president Jose Kusugak said Inuit need to start looking forward to a new phase,
now that Inuit land claims have been settled or will be shortly
in all the Inuit regions of Canada.
"We also believe it
is time the government of Canada confirms its commitment to Inuit," Kusugak
said in his address.
Kusugak said ITK wants
recognition as the national voice of Inuit on health, environmental and socio-economic
issues.
At the same time, it will
need money to develop and implement its "Inuit Action Plan."
Among other proposals,
ITK would like to form a Pan-Arctic Indigenous Climate Change Coordinating Committee.
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