March 20, 2015 Iqaluit, NU Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of the Environment, Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency and Minister for the Arctic Council, on behalf of the Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, along with the Premier of Nunavut, Peter Taptuna, and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated President, Cathy Towtongie, announced agreement on funding level increases to Nunavut’s Institutions of Public Government.
This additional support from the Government of Canada will help the Boards, who make up Nunavut’s Institutions of Public Government, continue doing business in the North. The funding increases will create greater opportunity for resource development by maintaining a strong regulatory regime in Nunavut.
This funding is being provided as a part of the renewal of the Implementation Contract of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. Canada, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and the Government of Nunavut are required to negotiate a renewed Implementation Contract every 10 years. The increases to Nunavut’s Institutions of Public Government funding are a result of the ongoing negotiations for the renewal of the Implementation Contract for the 2013-2023 period.
Funding increases are as follows: Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal 20%, Nunavut Impact Review Board 55%, Nunavut Water Board 55%, Nunavut Planning Commission 25% and Nunavut Wildlife Management Board 13% for base funding and 33% for Hunters and Trappers Organizations and Regional Wildlife Organizations.
Emily Hillstrom
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
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Media Relations
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
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