Forty-one per cent of Inuit families lived below the poverty line, compared to 11 per cent of Canadians overall
“If the government of Canada is going to spend a dollar on poverty reduction, on food security, on the well-being of children, that we’d love to do it within these policy parameters and the priorities that we have decided ourselves that we feel will make the best possible difference.”
“Self-determination also means that you get to decide whether or not to play any role within this country, and I think Mary was able to balance her indigeneity with her official function as head of state on behalf of the King for Canada,” President Obed said.
The Strategy is an Inuit-led roadmap to reduce poverty, strengthen self-determination, and close longstanding socioeconomic gaps between Inuit and non-Indigenous Canadians.
“There is no other scenario in the country where a majority population of a jurisdiction has no right to receive government services in the dominant language of the society,” Obed said.
The ITK Awards recognize Inuit excellence and work to advance Inuit self-determination in Canada.
Attacks on Simon’s fluency in French are absurd because they are a result of Quebec policy and a decades-long standoff between the governments of Quebec and Canada over who would be responsible for Indigenous Peoples
