Here’s why Ottawa’s agreement with Nunavut is historic

Canada’s newest territory has reached a historic deal with the federal government for control over its own natural resources it paves the way for a financial boost at a time when nunut needs it most ctv’s Kevin Gallagher reports celebrations in Nuna today marking a historic deal with Ottawa this

Step we’re taking today to recognize that nunum deserve to have more control over their lives their future their land their territory the Devolution agreement transfers 2 million square kilometers of land or about a fifth of Canada’s total landm from federal jurisdiction to territorial control we’ll continue to

Have differences uh but the beauty of our ability to be able to work together is what brought us here today since the territory was created nearly 25 years ago government negotiators have been working towards this day it allows nunit to set laws regulations and policies for conservation zoning regulations and most

Importantly natural resources now they’ll be able to sort of set their own economic Destiny make their own decisions about Mining and make their own decisions about revenue and Taxation more than 36,000 people live in nunit most are Inuit our people have made many many sacrifices in the name of Canadian

Sovereignty in the past too many dishes about us were made without us with the signing of this very historic agreement we could now bring decision making home right here still it will take three years to transfer these Federal responsibilities and employees to nun’s control and it comes at a time when the

Territory is undergoing a housing crisis and says it needs hundreds of millions to address water infrastructure issues the agreement is a major step towards IND self-determination in the region Ottawa still has control over none ofit’s offshore resources but there’s now a path to negotiate that as well Omar all right Kevin thank you

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