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Trudeau policies well-meaning but costly to Nunavut, says Independent MP Tootoo
By Independent MP Hunter Tootoo May. 16, 2018
While protecting the environment is important, well-intentioned actions, like putting in place an oil and gas exploration ban and carbon pricing, represent a U-turn in our struggle for economic prosperity.
From left, Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod, Yukon Premier Sandy Silver, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Nunavut Premier Paul Quassa on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 3. The Trudeau government ought to invest in infrastructure in Nunavut, argues the territory's MP, Hunter Tootoo. Photograph courtesy of the PMO
The Trudeau government has taken several steps to ensure an economically prosperous and sustainable Canadian Arctic into the future, including agreeing to the United States-Canada Joint Arctic Leaders’ Statement; receiving Mary Simon’s report, A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model; and putting together a new Arctic Policy Framework.
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