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KUUJJUAQ — A meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit leaders Tuesday wrapped with a commitment for a new program to replace the Inuit Child First Initiative, and for Ottawa to use its channels to get a proposed Inuit Nunangat University accredited.
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami leader Natan Obed agreed Tuesday there is room to improve the relationship between Ottawa and Inuit as they kicked off a meeting of the Inuit-to-Crown partnership committee. Carney was in Kuujjuaq, Que., with six of his cabinet ministers for a meeting with Inuit leaders. (June 30, 2026)
Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Kuujjuaq, Que., on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Inuit–Crown Partnership Committee.
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, and the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Rebecca Alty, joined federal Cabinet colleagues and elected Inuit leadership from the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Makivvik, and the Nunatsiavut Government to advance shared priorities for Inuit Nunangat.
Canada’s national Inuit organization is calling on the federal government to be better partners, saying Canada must respect Inuit rights to governance and self-determination.
As all eyes focus in on Inuit Nunangat, we are seizing the opportunity with unity, strength and a commitment to creating prosperity and equity for our people.
“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.
President Natan Obed spoke to CBC about the historic RCMP surveillance program for Indigenous peoples.
President Natan Obed gave witness testimony to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources and answered their questions about resources, sovereignty, and investment in Inuit Nunangat.
