Inuit leaders say that Canada’s plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on Arctic defence could repeat past harms in the North unless Inuit are involved as partners.
Inuit leaders say that Canada’s plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on Arctic defence could repeat past harms in the North unless Inuit are involved as partners.
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“There needs to be a reckoning from this,” said ITK President Natan Obed. “This is another chapter in a very dark legacy of this country’s history.”
April 21, 2026 – Ottawa, Ontario Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Sean Boyd, Chair of the Board…