February 3, 2015 – Ottawa, ON – Office of the Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), and Minister for the Arctic Council.
Minister Aglukkaq participated in an all-Inuit armchair discussion on Inuit Perspectives on Canada's Arctic Future at the Economic Club of Canada today. Also participating on the panel were Nunavut Premier Peter Taptuna and Terry Audla, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).
The discussion explored regional perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for economic development in the Arctic as well as each participant's vision for the North. The event also featured a sealskin fashion show and silent auction with proceeds being donated to a women's shelter in Nunavut.
Office of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq
Ted Laking
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Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Craig Welsh
Communications Advisor, Nunavut Region
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CanNor works to help develop a diversified, sustainable and dynamic economy across Canada's three territories, and delivers on its northern mandate through funding programs, the Northern Projects Management Office and by undertaking policy and research.
