Parnasimautik newsletter #2

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐅᖄᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᑕᕕᓂᖏᑦ 

Parnasimautilirijiit Highlights..............1 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓐᓂᐊᑐᖅ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᑦ 

Quebec Premier Visits Nunavik ..............5 

ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᑦᓴᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᖅ 

New Isuarsivik Project ....................7 

ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐋᖓᔮᓐᓇᑑᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᔭᐅᒍᓐᓇᓯᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ 

Legalization of Cannabis ..............8 

ᐱᕕᑦᓴᐅᔪᖅ 

Timeline .................................................12 

ᐸ3Nymᐅt4 

Parnasimautik 

ᕿᒥᕐᕈᐊᑦ 2-ᖑᒍᑎᖓ 

ᑏᓯᒻᐱᕆ/ᐋᕐᔪᓕᐅᑦ, 2017 

Issue #2 

December, 2017 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᖓᑕ ᑐᖓᓕᖓ ᐃᓕᖓᑦᓱᓂ 

2017-ᒧᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᐆᒃᑐᐱᕆ 23-25 ᐅᓪᓗᖏᓐᓂ 

ᑰᒃᔪᐊᒥ. ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᓕᒫᖏᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᑦᑕ 

ᐃᓚᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᕐᓄᑦ. 

ᐅᑯᐊᑕᒃᒐ ᐅᖄᔭᐅᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᓚᐅᕐᑐᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᕐᒥ. 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᖅ 

ᐊᑕᓐᓂᐅᕕᐅᓚᐅᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒧᑦ, ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᖓᑦ 

ᐃᓕᖓᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᖏᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᓛᓕᕐᓱᓂ 

ᐃᓕᒃᑯᕈᑎᒋᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒨᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ 

ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᑦᔪᑎᓕᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᒪᒋᐊᒃᑲᓂᕈᑎᑦᓴᐅᓱᓂ 

ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑐᓗᑑᒻᒪᖔᑕᓗ ᓱᓇᐅᒻᒪᖔᑕᓗ ᓵᖕᖓᔭᑦᓴᐅᔪᑦ 

ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᕆᒍᑎᐅᒐᔭᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᒋᐊᑦᓯᐊᓂᐅᓗᓂᓗ ᐱᐅᓂᕐᓴᒋᐊᓪᓚᒥᒃ 

ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᖃᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᖁᑎᕗᑦ. ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᒃ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ 

ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓯᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ 

ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᑯᓕᕕᒻᒥ ᓱᕐᖁᐃᑐᒥᒃ 

ᑐᓴᐅᒪᑎᑦᓯᐊᕈᒪᑦᓱᓂᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᖁᑦᓱᒋᓪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᒥᒃ 

ᐱᒐᓱᐊᕈᑎᖃᓕᕐᑐᓄᑦ. ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐅᑉ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᑦ ᑲᑎᓯᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ 

ᐳᕐᑐᓂᕐᓴᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓪᓓᑦ ᑯᔩᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᓕᕆᕕᖓᑕ 

ᑐᑭᓯᒋᐊᕐᑐᕕᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓘᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᓕᕆᒍᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ 

ᐊᓯᑦᔨᑐᐃᓐᓂᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᓄᕐᓗ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᕆᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᒪᖔᑕ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑏᑦ 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕇᕈᕐᑕᐅᕙᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑦᓯᓯᒪᒋᕗᖅ 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔩᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ 

ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒪᖁᑦᓱᒋᑦ 

ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᔭᑦᓴᖁᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᐳᑎᔭᐅᒪᕗᖅ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓄᑦ. ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᖅ ᑐᓴᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᖅ 

ᑌᒃᑯᐊ 146 ᓇᓗᓀᕐᑕᐅᒍᑎᑖᖑᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓇᖏᕐᑕᐅᓛᓕᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ 

ᐱᔭᕇᕈᑎᓪᓚᕆᓐᓄᑦ. 

Parnasimautilirijiit 

The second Parnasimautilirijiit meeting for 2017 took place on 

October 23-25 in Kuujjuaq. All the leaders of the Parnasimautilirijiit 

organizations and members of their staff were present. 

Here are the highlights from the meeting. 

Education 

Following a request from Makivik, the Québec Ministry of Education 

agreed to conduct an independent audit of the education 

system in Nunavik. The purpose of the audit is to gain a better understanding 

of the realities and challenges for improving education 

outcomes for Inuit students and supporting a better future for youth. 

President Tukkiapik met with the Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (KI) Commissioners 

in Akulivik to ensure transparency and seek their involvement 

in the audit. Makivik Board met with senior officials from the Cree 

School Board to learn more about how the Cree education system was 

changed and the graduation rates improved. Makivik has also created 

an internal Education Committee composed of members of the Board 

of Directors and experts to contribute to this work. This effort was 

supported by Parnasimautilirijiit. KI reported that the 146 attestations 

issued since 2015 will be replaced by regular diplomas. 

Reports from the Parnasimautilirijiit Working Groups 

The Lands Working Group, comprised of Makivik and the Nunavik 

Landholding Corporations Association (NLHCA), is concluding its 

work. An atlas that will clearly present the history of land selections is 

being finalized. The atlas will show the pressures Inuit were under and 

the compromises that were made during the original JBNQA negotia-

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ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᖁᑎᖏᑕ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖏᑦ 

ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓖᑦ, ᐱᓯᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒥᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ 

ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑎᑯᓪᓗ ᑲᑐᑦᔨᖃᑎᒌᕝᕕᖓᓐᓂ, ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᓕᔨᐊᖃᓕᕐᐳᑦ. 

ᓄᓇᖕᖑᐊᑦ ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓯᐊᓛᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓂᒃ 

ᓴᓂᕐᕚᑎᕆᓂᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᔭᕇᕐᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᑐᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓄᓇᖕᖑᐊᑦ 

ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓛᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐅᖁᒣᓪᓕᐅᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᒋᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖕᖏᓗᐊᕈᑎᒋᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᑕᕕᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑌᑦᓱᒪᓂ ᔦᒥᓯ ᐯ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓂᒃ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᓱᑎᒃ. 

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᕐᑎᕆᓯᒪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᓂᒃ 

ᐊᓪᓚᓯᒪᔪᖕᖑᑕᐅᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᒋᐊᓪᓛᔭᐅᓛᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᔦᒥᓯ ᐯ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᐯᒃ 

ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ. 

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓄᑦ 

ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᕐᑐᓴᓕᐊᖑᒪᔪᓄᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑕᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐱᔭᕇᕐᑕᐅᓴᐅᑎᒋᓛᓕᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑖᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᓄᓪᓗ 

ᐅᐸᐅᑎᒍᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃ 2018 ᐊᑐᓯᕋᑖᕐᓂᖓᓂ. 

ᐊᕙᑕᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᑯᒋᐊᓕᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓖᑦ, ᐱᓯᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᕕᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒥᑦ, ᐱᔭᕇᓚᐅᕐᒻᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᒍᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᓯᒪᔪᓕᐅᕈᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ 

ᑲᕙᒪᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᒪᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᒋᓛᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓅᕕᒻᐱᕆ ᐊᑐᕆᐊᓯᑉᐸᕋᑦ. 

ᑕᒐᑕᒐ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᑕ 65%-ᖏᑦ ᐱᓯᒪᓲᖑᒻᒪᑕ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑲᐅᔨᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᓚᐅᔪᖅ 

ᓱᓇᓕᕆᔨᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᓪᓗ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᒻᒥᓂᓪᓗ. ᓄᐃᑦᓯᓚᐅᔪᕗᓪᓗ 

ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖕᖏᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑕᓐᓂᐅᕈᑎᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑖᖃᑦᑕᕈᒪᑦᓱᓂ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑖᑎᑕᐅᕕᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᓪᓕᐅᑎᑦᑕᑐᓂᒃ, ᐃᑭᓕᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᓪᓗ 

ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᖁᔭᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᓇᓗᓀᕐᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐊᕙᑕᐅᑉ ᓱᓇᔨᓪᓗᑯᐊᐱᐅᓂᖏᑦ 

ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᓇᓱᑦᑎᐅᓂᒃᑯᓗ ᖁᕝᕙᑎᕆᔨᐅᓂᒃᑯᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖓᓐᓂᒃ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᓗ. 

ᑖᒃᑯᐊᑕᒃᒐ ᐆᑦᑐᕋᐅᑎᑦᓯᐊᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓘᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᒃᑯᑦ 

ᐃᓚᐅᔫᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖃᓲᖑᒻᒪᖔᑕ. 

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ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᓃᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑯᐯᒃᒥ ᐋᖓᔮᓐᓇᑑᑉ 

ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ (ᖃᓪᓗᓈᕐᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᓕᒻᒥᒃ ᑳᓐᓇᐲᔅᒥᒃ) 

ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖕᖓᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᐱᔭᑦᓴᖁᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑦᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᕐᐳᑦ 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᓂᒃ ᐊᒥᓱᓂᒃ. ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ 

ᓄᐃᑦᓯᖃᑦᑕᒪᑕ ᐃᓕᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐱᔪᖃᕐᑎᓯᑦᑌᓕᓂᕐᓄᑦ, ᑐᑭᓯᒪᓂᕐᓄ 

ᐃᓅᓪᓗ ᐃᓗᓯᖓᑕ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᓂᕆᒐᔭᕐᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᓂᕐᓄᓗ 

ᓇᓂᓗ ᐱᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᕐᒪᖔᑦ, ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᒦᑦᑌᓕᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᓪᓗ. 

ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑎᒍᑦ 

ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᒍᑎᖃᕐᓂᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᔪᑦᓴᐅᒋᐊᖏᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᓕᑐᐊᕐᐸᑦ 

ᐱᖁᔭᕐᑕᑕᐅᓂᖓᑕ ᓯᕗᓂᖓᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐋᖓᔮᓐᓇᑑᑉ ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᓯᐊᒍᑦ ᐅᖄᔭᐅᒋᐊᓪᓚᒥᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ 

ᑐᑭᓯᒪᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᓕᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᒪᔪᖅ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᓂ. 

ᐱᐅᓯᕆᔭᐅᖏᓐᓇᓲᖑᖕᖏᑐᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᖃᕐᓃᑦ 

ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᐱᖓᑦᑕ ᑲᔪᓯᒃᑮᔨᖓᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᔪᒋᕗᖅ 

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᓱᓂ ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᐱᖓᑕ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᓂᖓᓂᒃ, 

ᑕᒐᑕᒐᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᑦᓴᒥᒍᑦ ᓵᖕᖓᓯᒍᑎᒋᒋᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ. 

ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖏᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓂ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᑐᓂ 

ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᖑᐃᓐᓇᐸᓪᓕᐊᒪᑕ. ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᑦ 

ᑲᔪᓯᔪᒥᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᑎᓯᖏᓐᓇᓲᖑᔪᑦ 30%-ᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᖏᓐᓂᒃ. ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓂᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑕᒐᓛᐱᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ 

ᐃᑭᓐᓂᐹᖑᒍᓐᓇᕕᓕᒫᖏᒍᑦ ᐃᑭᑦᑑᕙᑦᑐᑦ. ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᐱᖓᑦ 

ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᓕᕐᑐᖅ ᑐᑭᑖᕈᑎᖃᓪᓚᕆᒋᐊᖃᓕᕐᓂᒥᓄᑦ. ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑦᓭᑦ 

ᐱᑕᖃᕆᐊᖃᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᕐᑎᕆᒍᑎᐅᓛᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᐱᓴᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ 

ᓄᑕᐅᓯᓕᕆᐊᕐᓗᒍ ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᐱᖓᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑐᕌᒐᓕᐅᕐᓗᑎᒃ 

ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑖᕈᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᒪᓂᔨᒍᑎᒋᓛᕐᑕᒥᓐᓂᒃ 

ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓄᓪᓗ ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓄᓪᓗ. ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᓚᔪᒋᕗᑦ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒪᓛᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᓲᕐᓗ ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᕕᒻᒥᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᔪᒐᒥ. 

ᐱᓪᓗᑯᒋᐊᓕᑦᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᓭᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᑕᐅᓛᕐᒥᔪᑦ. 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᒃ 

ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᓂᖃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᓴᕿᔪᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓕᐊᖑᒪᔪᓄᑦ, 

ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᖓ ᑐᑭᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᓲᕐᓗ “ᐊᓄᕆᐅᑉ ᓇᑭᖕᖔᓂᖓ ᐊᓯᑦᔨᑐᖅ” 

ᓴᕿᔪᖅ ᐱᔭᖃᕋᓱᒍᑎᐅᒻᒪᑦ ᐋᕐᕿᓱᐃᒋᐊᑦᓯᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᑦᔪᓯᐅᔪᑦ 

tions. The Working Group has also prepared a series of documents with 

options for revisiting the JBNQA lands regime. This is a high priority 

for Parnasimautilirijiit, and the responsible Nunavik organizations will 

be finalizing a strategy for approaching governments in early 2018. 

The Technical Working Group on Avataq Funding, comprised of 

the Avataq Cultural Institute and Makivik, finalized a position paper to 

be tabled with the relevant government departments at the beginning 

of November. At present 65% of funding comes from regional organizations. 

Avataq made a presentation on its main elements and foundation. 

It sets out a solid rationale for a request of recurrent funding, 

reduced reporting requirements and recognition of Avataq’s special 

role in protecting and promoting Nunavik Inuit culture, language and 

identity. This is a great example of how Parnasimautilirijiit members 

cooperate. 

Consultation on Regulation of Cannabis in Québec 

This item generated a lot of discussion. Organizations are expressing 

concerns about prevention, awareness and health effects, marketing 

and use sites, and security. It was agreed that Nunavik should have 

a regional position to present during consultations on the upcoming 

draft bill on the regulation of cannabis. There is a separate article on 

this important topic in the Newsletter. 

Special Presentations 

The Director General of Taqramiut Nipingat Incorporated (TNI) 

made a presentation outlining the history of the organization, and its 

current funding challenges. Federal funding has declined steadily over 

the past five years. Regional organizations continue to provide approximately 

30% of the operating budget. Contributions from the Québec 

government are minimal. TNI is at a crossroads. Resources are


ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᕐᖃᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᐅᖕᖏᑐᓄᑦ 

ᓱᕐᕃᒪᓂᕆᓲᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᖓᔮᓐᓇᑐᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ/ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᓗ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐊᑐᕐᓂᓗᓐᓂᐅᕙᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ. ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓕᐊᖑᒪᔪᑦ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ 

ᑐᕌᒐᖃᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᒪᑕ: ᐊᐅᓚᑦᔭᕆᐊᕆᓂᖅ, ᐱᔪᖃᕐᑎᓯᑦᑌᓕᓂᖅ, 

ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ, ᐋᕐᖀᓇᓱᓐᓂᖅ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᓪᓗ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᖃᖏᓐᓇᓂᖅ. 

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖃᕐᓂᕋᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᒋᐅᕐᓴᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑎᐅᒐᔭᕐᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐅᐃᕆᓂᕐᓗᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᓭᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐆᑦᑐᕋᐅᑕᐅᑦᓱᓂ 

ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐳᕕᕐᓂᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓂᖃᓛᕐᒥᓱᓂ 

ᑲᔪᓯᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ. ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᑦ 

ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᖁᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐅᖓᓗᒃᑯᑎᒍᑦ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᑭᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ 

ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᒃᑯᑦ. 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓃᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ 

ᐃᓄᒃᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᒥᔪᓪᓗ 

ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖕᖑᐃᒐᓱᒍᑎᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᓛᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 

ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ. ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑐᑦ 

ᐃᑲᔪᑲᕐᓯᒍᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖁᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᕕᖃᓕᕐᐸᑕ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ. 

ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑦᓯᓂᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᒍᓐᓇᕈᑎᐅᓯᓛᕐᒪᑦ 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᓕᒫᒥᓂ ᐊᒥᕐᖄᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᓯᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓭᒍᑦᓴᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᕐᒨᓕᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓘᓐᓈᒍᑦ ᑐᓴᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᓂᕐᓂᒃ. 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒎᑎᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᓕᐊᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᐅᓛᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᑦᔪᓯᕐᓄᓗ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᕐᒧᓗ 

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᑐᙯᓪᓗ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᓗ. ᓄᓇᓕᑐᙯᑦ 

ᐸᐸᑕᐅᕕᖓᑦ ᙯᕐᖁᔭᐅᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᐸᐅᑎᒍᓐᓇᓚᐅᔪᖕᖏᑐᖅ. 

ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᑲᑎᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓚᐅᓕᕐᑎᓯᓂᕐᒥᓗ 

ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᓕᒫᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᓕᒫᓄᓪᓗ ᓱᕐᖁᐃᑐᒥᒃ 

ᑲᔪᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᖏᓐᓇᖁᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᐱᕕᓕᒫᒃᑯᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓖᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᑐᖃᕐᓂᓗ. ᑮᓇᐅᒻᒪᕇᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᓖᑦ $147 

ᒥᓕᐋᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᐃᑦ 5 ᐊᓂᒍᕐᐸᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᒍᒫᕐᓂᐊᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ 

ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ $87 ᒥᓕᐋᓐᓂᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᓛᕐᑐᓂᒃ 

ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᓐᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ $60 ᒥᓕᐋᓐ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓄᑖᑦ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔦᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᓱᑎᒃ. ᓯᕗᓂᕆᔭᐅᓪᓚᕆᑦᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓂᓪᓗ 

ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔭᐅᔪᒪᔪᑦ ᒪᑯᐊ ᐱᐅᓯᒋᐊᕆᓃᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᓂᒃ, 

ᖁᕝᕙᑎᕆᓃᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᑐᙯᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗ, 

ᐱᔪᓐᓇᓂᕐᑕᑎᑦᓯᓃᑦ ᐃᓄᑑᓇᕐᑎᑐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᓐᓇᓯᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ 

ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓯᖁᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖃᕐᐸᓗᑎᒃᓗ. 

ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓄᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕈᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᒥᓐᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ 

ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᓂᖃᓛᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᕕᑦᑐᓯᒪᓂ 

37.5-ᒦᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᓴᐳᑦᔭᐅᒪᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᖁᑕᐅᔪᓂ, 

ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕈᑎᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᒐᑕᒐ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ 

ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔨᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᓂᔨᒍᑎᖃᓛᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᒣᓕᖓᒋᐊᖓᕐᑐᓴᐅᓕᕐᖂᕈᑎᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᓴᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

(ᐃᓪᓕᓇᕐᑐᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓚᒌᓐᓂᒥᓪᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᒪᐅᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ). 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᑦᓭᑦ ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑕᐅᓂᖃᓛᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᓗ 

ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᕕᖃᓯᓗᑎᒃ. ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ 

ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᒃ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᓇᓱᓐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᓚᕆᒋᐊᖃᕐᐳᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓ 

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᓕᕐᑐᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᕿᑲᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᑎᖃᕈᓐᓀᕆᐊᖃᓛᓕᕐᒪᑕ 

ᐃᓚᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᐅᓕᕐᑐᓄᑦ. ᓄᓇᖁᑎᓄᑦ 

ᐃᒻᒥᓂᕿᒋᐅᕐᐸᓕᐊᒋᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐋᕐᕿᒋᐊᕆᓗᑎᒃᓗ 

ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᓴᐳᑦᔭᐅᒪᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᕐᓴᕈᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ 

ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᑭᖕᖒᒪᒋᔭᖏᓐᓄᑦ. 

ᐃᕐᖃᐅᒪᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕋᑦᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᓲᓱᒋᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕆᐊᖏᑦ 

ᕿᑐᕐᖓᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᑦᓯᐊᒥᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᐅᔪᑦ 

ᐱᖁᔭᓄᑦ, ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕈᑎᐅᒻᒪᑕ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔩᑦ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᖏᑦ 

ᐱᕕᓕᒫᒥᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓅᓕᖓᓂᖃᕋᓱᒋᐊᖏᑦ ᓄᐃᑕᐅᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ, ᐃᓕᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ. ᒪᑭᕝᕕᓗ ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ 

ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᒃᑯᓗ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ. 

ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕐᒥᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᐱᒐᓱᖃᑎᐅᓛᕐᓱᑎᒃ. 

required to prepare a new strategic plan to modernize TNI and build 

focused funding proposals to bring to the Québec and Federal governments. 

It was agreed that Makivik would provide assistance as it did 

with Avataq. A technical working group will be set up. 

The Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NR- 

BHSS) made a presentation on the Saqijuq Project, meaning “a change 

in wind direction”. Saqijuq seeks to reconstruct social regulation and 

reduce the negative impacts of drug and/or alcohol abuse in Nunavik. 

The project has five main areas of focus: Mobilization, Prevention, 

Intervention, Treatment, and Follow-up. Progress was described 

for training of addictions workers and the pilot project in Puvirnituq 

which will then be replicated in other communities. Regional organizations 

support this project through the Ungaluk Program and funds 

from NRBHSS. 

A discussion took place on the Atausiq Inuktut Titirauaiq Project 

and the work being done on a standardized writing system for Inuit 

Nunangat. The Nunavut Language Commission has funds to assist each 

region to consult their populations. Creating a standardized writing 

system would allow all Inuit regions to share materials for schools, 

cultural programs and general communications. 

There was an exchange concerning the Québec government Action 

Plan for Social & Cultural Development of First Nations and Inuit. 

The Secretariat aux affaires autochtones was invited to present but 

couldn’t attend. The intention of the government is to integrate the action 

of all ministries and agencies in order to ensure greater consistency 

and maximize benefits for Inuit and First Nations. A total of $147 

million over 5 years including $87 million in funding from the various 

ministries and agencies and $60 million in new money was announced. 

Key directions and strategic priorities are enhancing services, promoting 

aboriginal cultures and languages, empowering individuals and 

communities to take action and fostering collaboration and research. 

Next there was a presentation on the cultural adaptation of the 

youth protection services in Nunavik. The project, to be carried out 

under Section 37.5 of the Youth Protection Act, aims at reviewing the 

current services of youth protection and propose recommendations so 

that they are more adapted to Nunavik Inuit culture (values, traditions 

and family conception). An Inuit working committee will be created 

and public consultations will take place. The NRBHSS is spearheading 

this initiative and Parnasimautilirijiit needs to be very much aware and 

engaged in this effort. The communities will need to be mobilized and 

participate in the consultations. The region needs to gain more autonomy 

in the delivery of the services and adapt youth protection services 

to community realities and children’s needs. Keeping in mind that the 

program will need to respect the rights of the children and the principles 

underlying the actual law, the objective is that youth protection 

services are as much as possible thought and created by Inuit, for Inuit. 

Makivik and Qarjuit Youth Council have adopted a resolution supporting 

this process. The other organizations committed to do the same. 

Last, but certainly not least, was a presentation on plans and progress 

for the new Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre. This project has 

garnered support and enthusiasm that there is a separate report on 

progress in this Newsletter – another example of how working together 

can move important projects forward! 

Relations with the Federal Government 

The Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee (ICPC) is based on the 

Government of Canada’s special relationship with Inuit as Indigenous 

rights holders under the Constitution. This is at the ministerial policy 

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ᑭᖑᓪᓕᐹᖑᓚᐅᔪᑦ, ᓱᓇᐅᖕᖏᓂᕐᐹᖑᓂᐅᔭᖕᖏᑲᓗᐊᕐᓱᑎᒃ, 

ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᑕᐅᔪᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᓐᓄᓗ 

ᓄᑖᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓄᓕᖓᔫᑉ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᐅᑉ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᑦ 

ᓴᐳᑦᔭᐅᒪᕗᑦ ᕿᓚᓈᕈᑎᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃᓗ ᑐᓴᕐᑕᐅᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑕ 

ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᓕᕆᐅᑎᑎᒍᑦ - ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᒋᐊᓪᓚᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᓐᓃᑦ 

ᐱᒻᒪᕆᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᒧᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑎᑦᓯᓯᐊᕐᓂᖃᓲᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ! 

ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᓅᓕᖓᔪᑦ 

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ-ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐅᓱᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖃᕐᐳᑦ 

ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᑕ ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᕆᖏᓐᓇᓲᕆᖕᖏᑕᒥᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᒃ ᐃᓅᖃᑎᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐱᒧᓐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᒪᑕ 

ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᓂ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖏᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᔪᑦ. 

ᑭᖑᓪᓕᐹᖅ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᕆᓚᐅᔭᖓᑦ ᓀᓂᒥ ᐊᑑᑎᓚᐅᔪᕚᑦ 

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᕐᔪᖃᕈᑎᖏᓐᓂ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ- 

ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑦᑎᐅᓱᑎᒃ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᑦ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ 

ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᖕᖏᒐᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔨᒐᑦᓴᑖᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᐊᑐᓪᓗ 

ᐋᕐᕿᑕᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᖃᓚᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ-ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓗ ᓄᓇᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓐᓄᐃᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ; ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓄᑦ 

ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᓂᒃ; ᐃᓗᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᓂᑦᓴᒥᓪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᖕᖏᓯᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ; 

ᐃᓪᓗᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᓄᑦ; ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓅᓱᑦᑐᒪᕆᐅᖏᓐᓇᑎᓪᓗᒋᓪᓗ 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᒋᐅᕐᓴᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᓗ; ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑑᕐᑐᒥᒃ 

ᐊᑐᕆᐊᑦᓯᐊᒋᐊᓪᓚᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᖁᕝᕙᑎᕆᓂᕐᒥᓗ; 

ᓭᒻᒪᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᒥᓪᓗ ᐱᒐᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᑖᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ ᐊᑕᐅᑦᓯᑯᕐᑎᓯᔨᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ 

ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑎᐅᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓐᓄᐃᓯᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ , ᑌᒣᒃᑲᓗᐊᕐᓱᓂ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓂ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓛᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᓴᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ 

ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᑎᓕᔭᐅᒪᒍᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖃᐅᕕᒻᒥᓂᒃᓗ. 

ᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᒧᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᓄᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᐅᔪᑦ, ᐃᓇᖐᓛᕐᑐᑦ 

“ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓂᒃ” ᐊᒻᒪᓗ “ᐅᖃᒻᒪᕆᒍᑎᐅᒪᔪᓂᒃ 

ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᖓᑕ ᓯᓚᑎᒥᓂ ᒪᓕᒐᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ” ᓄᐃᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ 

ᑲᕙᒪᐅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᓛᓕᕐᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᓗ ᓄᓇᑦᓯᐊᕗᒻᒥᓗ 

ᓄᐃᑕᐅᓂᖃᕐᐸᓕᐊᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓂ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. 

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᑐᑦᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᑐᕃᓐᓇᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓕᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 

ᓄᓇᖓᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖁᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᒥᐅᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖁᑎᑦᓴᖏᑕ 

ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖏᓐᓂ ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᓂᓪᓗᑯᐊᐱᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᑦ- 

ᓄᑦ ᐃᓗᓕᒋᔭᐅᓛᕐᒥᔪᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᒪᓕᒐᖁᑎᑖᖑᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓚᖓᔪᑦ 

ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᐅᑉ ᐱᐊᓐᓇᑦ ᑭᖕᒐᑐᕐᑎᓗᑯᐊᐱᐊᓂᒃ ᒥᐊᔨ 

level. The last meeting took place in Nain during the ITK AGM. The 

ICPC has established seven priorities and working groups on matters 

dealing with Inuit-Crown Land Claims Agreements; Inuit Nunangat 

Policy Space; Health and Well-Being; Housing; Education, Early learning 

and Training; Inuktitut Revitalization, Maintenance and Promotion; 

and Reconciliation Measures. Makivik is coordinating Nunavik’s 

participation as the representative land claims organization however 

Nunavik’s regional organizations will be involved in the working 

groups according to their mandates and jurisdictions. 

The new Arctic Policy Framework, which will replace “Canada’s 

Northern Strategy” and “Statement on Canada’s Arctic Foreign 

Policy” developed under previous governments, will now include 

Nunavik and Nunatsiavut and is being co-developed with regional 

Inuit partners. This is linked directly with the Working Group on 

the Inuit Nunangat Policy Space and the Arctic Policy Framework 

will have a specific chapter for Inuit Nunangat. The new policy will 

build on the report from Minister Bennett’s Special Representative 

Mary Simon, titled A New Shared Arctic Leadership Model. 

A consultation with Nunavik was scheduled for October 30-31 

in Kuujjuaq. Makivik, Kativik Regional Government, NRBHSS, 

KI, Avataq, QYC, NLHCA, and TNI attended. Parnasimautilirijiit 

agreed that the fundamental issues and priorities from the Parnasimautik 

Consultation Report would be the foundation for Nunavik’s 

contributions. It was also agreed that Nunavik will be vigilant 

and ensure that the principles of partnership and respect for the 

rights of Inuit under the Constitution and in our land claims agreements 

are respected. 

Meeting with Premier Couillard 

Parnasimautilirijiit discussed topics for to be raised with 

Premier during his visit on October 26th. Another article in this 

Newsletter reports on this meeting. 

The next meeting of Parnasimautilirijiit is scheduled for February 

2018 in Salluit. 

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ᓭᒪᓐᒥᒃ, ᐊᑦᓯᕋᐅᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᑖᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔮᖑᑦᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᒥ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑏᑦ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᑦᓴᖏᑦ. ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ 

ᑐᑭᓯᓂᕐᕕᐅᓂᑦᓴᖓᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᑖᑕᐅᒪᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐆᒃᑐᐱᕆ 

30-31-ᒥᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᓛᕐᓱᓂ ᑰᒃᔪᐊᒥ. ᒪᑭᕝᕕᓗ, 

ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᓪᓗ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ 

ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᒃ, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ 

ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᓗ, ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᕕᓪᓗ, 

ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᓪᓗ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᓗ 

ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑏᑦ ᑲᑐᑦᔨᖃᑎᒌᕝᕕᖓᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓂᐱᖓᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ. 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ 

ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᓂᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᔭᑦᓴᖁᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔭᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᑕᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᐅᒪᑎᒃᑯᑦ 

ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᕕᖃᕐᓂᕕᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖏᓐᓃᑐᑦ 

ᑐᖕᖓᕕᐅᓚᖓᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒍᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᖅ 

ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᐃᑉᐱᒋᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᓂᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᓱᕐᖁᐃᑐᒥᓪᓗ 

ᑐᖕᖓᕕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᓲᓱᒋᔭᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᕐᔪᐊᑎᒍᑦ 

ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᑖᕐᑕᐅᒪᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓐᓄᐃᓯᒪᓇᓱᓐᓂᒥᒃ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᐅᒪᔪᑦ 

ᓲᓱᒋᔭᐅᑦᓯᐊᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ. 

ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓯᓂᖅ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᑯᐃᔮᕐᒥᒃ 

ᐸᓐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᓴᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᑯᐯᒃ 

ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᔭᐅᓕᑐᐊᕈᑎᒃ ᐆᒃᑐᐱᕆ 26- 

ᒥ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖕᖓᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᑐᓴᕋᑦᓴᓂᐅᑎᓂ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᒻᒥᔪᑦ 

ᐃᓕᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑕᒃᑯᖓ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᐅᓚᐅᔪᒧᑦ. 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᕆᓛᕐᑕᖓᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖅ 

ᐅᓪᓗᓴᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᒪᕗᖅ ᕕᕗᐊᕆ 2018-ᒥ ᓴᓪᓗᓃᒍᒫᕐᓂᐊᓱᑎᒃ. 

ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᑦ ᕕᓕᑉ ᑯᐃᔮᕐ 

ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓯᔪᖅ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ 

ᓯᑕᒪᖓᓐᓂ ᐆᒃᑐᐱᕆ 26-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ 

ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓ ᕕᓕᑉ ᑯᐃᔮᕐ ᒪᓕᑦᑕᐅᓱᓂ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᖁᑎᒥᓄᑦ 

ᔨᐊᕝᕆ ᑭᐊᓕᒧᓪᓗ ᓘᒃ ᐸᓛᓐᓯᐊᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖓᕙᒥᐅᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓂ 

ᐅᖃᕐᑎᖓᓄᑦ ᔮᓐ ᐳᓵᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓯᒋᐊᕐᑐᓱᓂ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ. 

ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓂᕐᒥ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᐅᓚᖓᔪᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᐅᔪᖕᖏᒐᕐᑐᓂ 

ᐅᖄᔭᐅᓚᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᓕᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕈᕐᑕᐅᒪᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᑦᓴᐅᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒥ ᑯᐃᔮᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᒋᐊᖕᖓᐅᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᓂᕐᒨᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ. 

ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓᓗ ᑐᖓᓕᖓᓗ ᐅᖄᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᔫᒃ 

ᐅᖄᒍᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒋᔭᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᖄᖃᑎᒋᑦᓱᒍ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ 

ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᓚᔪᒥᒃ 

ᐃᓕᖓᑦᓱᓂ ᓱᓕᓂᕃᒍᑎᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ 

ᐃᕐᖃᑐᐃᕕᒻᒦᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᓗ, ᐱᔭᑦᓴᖁᑕᐅᔪᓂᓪᓗ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑦᓯᔩᑦ ᐱᒋᐅᕐᓴᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᓗ, ᐅᖓᓯᑦᑐᒥᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᓄᑦ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᕗᑦᒧᑦ. 

ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᒦᑦᑐᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ. 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᓐᓃᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᓄᓪᓗ ᑲᔪᓯᒃᑫᔨᖓᓄᓪᓗ 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᖓᑕ. ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑏᑦ 

ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᔪᑦ: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒐᕐᒥᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᑦ, ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ 

ᐋᓐᓂᐊᓯᐅᕐᑕᐅᕕᖏᑕ ᐸᕐᓇᑕᐅᒪᒍᑎᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓄᓕᖓᔪᑦ 

ᐃᓄᓕᒫᑦ ᐃᓗᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᑐᑦᓴᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᒍᑎᐅᔪᑦ. 

ᐊᓪᓚᖁᑏᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᐳᕙᓪᓗᓇᕐᒧᑦ, ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖕᖏᓯᐊᕐᑐᓴᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᒻᒥᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᕙᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓇᓱᓐᓂᒥᒃ 

ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᒻᒧᓗ ᐃᓄᑐᙯᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖏᑕ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ 

ᐅᖄᔭᐅᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ. 

Québec Premier Philippe Couillard 

Meets with Parnasimautilirijiit 

On Thursday October 26th Quebec Premier Philippe 

Couillard accompanied by Ministers Geoffrey Kelley and 

Luc Blanchette, and Ungava MNA Jean Boucher arrived to meet 

with Parnasimautilirijiit. 

An agenda with seven key items was prepared to communicate 

to Premier Couillard, beginning with Education. The President 

and Vice-President of Kativik Ilisarniliriniq addressed the 

main issues of concern with the Premier. These included the situation 

of the attestations, the KI court case, issues related to teacher 

training, distance education, and Nunavik Sivunitsavut. 

Health issues were next on the agenda. The discussion was 

led by the President and the Director General of the Nunavik 

Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS). Among 

the issues discussed were: Inuit working conditions, the regional 

clinic plan and regional public health action plan, the tuberculosis 

file, mental health and suicide, and the Isuarsivik Treatment Center 

and Elder’s homes projects. 

The President of the Qarjuit Youth Council led the discussion 

on youth issues, pointed out their interest and priorities as set 

out in their strategic plan, and their work on youth mobilization, 

suicide prevention and mental health. 

The Avataq Cultural Institute President spoke on the issue of 

culture and language and the need for secure funding to protect 

and promote Nunavik Inuit culture, language and identity. 

Kativik Regional Government Chairperson and the President 

of Makivik both addressed the issues of housing and cost of living 

in Nunavik. Specific housing issues included the home ownership 

program, and a deficit related to housing operations and maintenance. 

The new cost of living agreement scheduled for implementation 

on April 1, 2018 was also discussed. 

The President of Nunavik Landholding Corporations Association 

concluded the agenda with a discussion on the funding for 

the association. 

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ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᑕ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓ ᓯᕗᓕᓚᐅᔪᒋᕗᖅ 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓅᓕᖓᔪᑦ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᕐᓗ 

ᐅᓇᒻᒥᓱᐊᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔨᒍᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᒥᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᒍᑎᒥᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᓯᒪᔭᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᑐᖕᖓᕕᖃᕐᓱᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᒥᓱᓂ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᐅᓕᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᕿᑲᑐᐃᓐᓇᑎᑦᓯᒍᓐᓀᕈᑎᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ, 

ᐃᒻᒥᓂᐊᕐᓂᒥᓪᓗ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᓇᓱᒍᑎᒥᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᐅᓪᓗ 

ᐃᓗᓯᖃᑦᓯᐊᑐᑦᓴᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ. 

ᐊᕙᑕᖅ ᐱᐅᓯᑐᖃᓕᕆᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓ ᐅᖄᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᖅ 

ᐱᔭᑦᓴᖁᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᕐᒨᓕᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒨᓕᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃᓗ 

ᑭᖕᖒᒪᓇᕆᐊᖓᓪᓗ ᐊᑦᑕᓀᑦᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓂᓪᓚᓯᒪᔭᐅᔪᑦ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᔪᑦᓴᐅᓱᑎᒃ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᓂᕐᒧᓗ 

ᖁᕝᕙᑎᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᖓᓐᓂᓗ, 

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖓᓐᓂᓗ ᑭᓇᐅᓂᕐᒥᓅᓕᖓᔪᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᓗ. 

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ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᑕ 

ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᖓᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐅᑉ 

ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᔪᕘᒃ 

ᐃᒡᓗᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃᓗ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓅᒐᓱᓐᓂᐅᑉ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑐᒪᕆᒍᑎᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ. 

ᐃᓕᖓᓂᖃᓪᓗᑯᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᑦᓴᓅᓕᖓᔪᓄᑦ 

ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᓂᒃ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᒥᒃ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓕᐊᖑᒪᔪᓄᑦ, ᐃᓚᖃᕐᒥᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐊᑭᓕᕐᑐᑕᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ ᑭᖑᕙᕐᓯᒪᓯᓲᖑᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐃᒡᓗᓂ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᐊᕐᑎᓯᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᒥ 

ᓯᖁᒥᓯᒪᔨᐊᖃᕐᑌᓕᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᓂᓪᓗ. 

ᓄᑖᑦ ᐃᓕᖓᔪᑦ ᐊᑭᓕᕐᑐᐊᓄᑦ 

ᐃᓅᒐᓱᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᑖᖑᕐᖃᒦᑦ 

ᑲᔪᓯᑎᑕᐅᕕᑦᓴᑖᕐᑕᐅᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐁᕆᓕ 1, 2018-ᒥᒃ 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ. 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑏᑦ 

ᑲᑐᑦᔨᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖏᑕ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᒍᑎᓂᒃ 

ᐃᓱᓕᑎᑦᓯᔨᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᕐᓱᓂ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᒋᒋᐊᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᑲᑐᑦᔨᖃᑎᒌᕝᕕᖁᑎᒥ. 

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ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒻᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᒍᑎᑦᓭᑦ 

ᐁᑉᐸᖓᓐᓂᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐆᒃᑐᐱᕆ 24-ᒥ, ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖑᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᖁᑎᖏᒃ, 

ᒥᐊᔨ ᐁᑦᓯᓴᓐᓗ ᑏᕝ ᕘᕆᔅᓗ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓂᒃ 

ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒋᐊᕐᑐᓯᒪᓚᐅᔪᕘᒃ. 

ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᐱᑕᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖃᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓗᕐᖁᓯᕐᒥᒃ 

ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᑕᓕᒻᒥᒃ ᐅᐃᕆᓂᕐᓗᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐋᕐᕿᒍᑎᑦᓴᓯᐅᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ 

ᐱᑦᔪᔨᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓇᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᓕᕐᓱᓂ 

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ 20 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᑌᒫᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᔨᐅᑦᓱᓂ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ 

ᐅᑭᐅᕐᑕᑐᖓᓂ ᓇᐸᔪᑐᐊᖑᔪᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓱᓂ 

ᐱᑦᔪᔨᔨᐅᑦᓱᓂ. ᑕᒐᑕᒐ ᐃᒡᓗᔪᐊᖅ ᓇᔪᕐᑕᖓ ᐃᒡᓗᔪᐊᑐᖃᐅᓂᕐᐹᖑᔪᖅ 

ᑰᒃᔪᐊᒥ, ᓇᑉᐸᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᑐᕕᓂᐅᑦᓱᓂ ᐊᒥᕆᑲᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕐᑐᓴᖁᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ 

1943-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᓇᔪᕐᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓲ ᖁᓕᐅᖕᖏᒐᕐᑐᐊᐱᑐᐃᓐᓇᓄᑦ 

ᒥᑭᓗᐊᕐᓱᓂᓗ ᑐᖕᖓᓱᑦᑎᓯᓂᐊᕈᓂ ᐃᓚᒌᓂᓪᓗ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᓐᓂᓗ. 

ᑌᒣᑦᑎᓗᒍᓕ ᐊᒥᓱᖕᖑᐸᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖁᑦ ᐅᐃᒪᓇᕐᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓱᑎᒃᓗ 

ᐱᓀᓗᑌᑦ ᐱᑐᑦᓯᒪᓂᓖᑦ ᐋᖓᔮᓐᓇᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓂᓗᓐᓂᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ 

ᐃᓅᖃᑎᒌᓂᒃ ᓱᕃᓂᖃᕐᓯᒪᓕᕐᑐᒥᒃ. ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓅᒍᓐᓀᐸᑦᑐᑦ 

ᐱᔭᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᒥᐊᓗᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖏᑦ ᓯᑕᒪᕕᓪᓗᐊᑐᒥᒃ ᐳᕐᑐᓂᕐᓴᐅᕗᑦ 

ᑯᐯᒃᓕᒫᒥᑦ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᕐᑐᒦᓕᕐᓱᓂᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᓂᒃ ᓯᖁᑦᑎᕆᓂᓕᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐱᓂᕐᓗᑲᑦᑕᓂᖅ ᐊᒥᓲᓗᐊᓕᕐᓱᑎᒃᓗ ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᑎᒍᔭᐅᒪᕕᓐᓃᑐᑦ 

ᐅᕕᒃᑫᓗ ᓴᐳᑎᔭᐅᒪᕕᖏᓐᓃᑐᑦ. ᐃᓚᖃᕐᒥᓱᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ 

ᐱᑕᖃᖕᖏᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᐃᕆᒪᓂᕐᓘᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ 

ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᓇᓱᕝᕕᐅᒐᔭᕐᑐᓂᒃ. 

ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᑖᒥ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᐋᕐᕿᑕᐅᕕᒋᓗᒍ 

ᐱᑦᔪᔭᐅᕕᑦᓴᖓᓂᒃ ᐅᒃᑯᐃᑕᐅᓂᖃᕈᒫᕐᑐᒥᒃ 2020 ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᓚᐅᔪᒋᕗᖅ, 

ᐃᓚᖃᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᑕ ᐸᕐᓇᑕᐅᓯᒪᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ 2016-ᒥᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ 2036 ᐃᓕᖓᒐᔭᕐᑐᓂᒃ. 

ᓄᑖᖅ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᐋᕐᕿᑕᐅᕕᒋᓗᒍ ᐱᑦᔪᔭᐅᕕᑦᓴᖓ 

ᑕᑯᑦᓴᐅᒍᑎᒋᓚᖓᕙᖓᑦ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᐱᒐᓱᖃᑎᒌᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᑕ 

ᐅᑎᕐᑎᓯᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᑦᑕ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᖓᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᒋᓗᒍ 

ᐃᓅᓯᑦᑎᒍᑦ ᐱᐅᓯᑦᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᒥ.” ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ ᒥᐊᔨ ᐁᑦᓯᓴᓐ. 

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᑦᓴᐅᓗᐊᖕᖑᐊᑐᑦ 2016-2036 ᐊᕐᕌᒍᖏᓐᓅᓕᖓᔪᑦ 

ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᓂᑦᓴᒥᒃ ᐸᕐᓇᕈᑎᐅᒪᔪᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓯᒋᐊᕆᓂᐅᒐᔭᕐᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 

ᐃᓪᓕᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᖁᓕᐅᖕᖏᒐᕐᑐᓂᑦ ᐱᓗᑎᒃ 22-ᖑᒍᓐᓇᓯᓗᒋᑦ 

New Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre 

Project 

On Tuesday October 24th, the Co-Chairs of the Isuarsivik Treatment 

Centre, Mary Aitchison and Dave Forrest made a presentation to 

Parnasimautilirijiit. 

Isuarsivik has been providing culturally sensitive addiction treatment 

services to Inuit of Nunavik for more than 20 years. It’s the only 

such centre in the Canadian Arctic to offer services in Inuktitut. The 

current Isuarsivik building is the oldest in Kuujjuaq, built by the American 

Air Force in 1943. It can only accommodate nine clients at a time, 

and is too small to host families and children. 

Meanwhile the scope and intensity of problems related to substance 

abuse in Nunavik affect the entire society. Mortality rates due to 

alcohol alone are four times higher in Nunavik than the rest of Quebec. 

There is an alarming level of crime and an over-representation of Inuit 

in corrections and Youth Protection services. In addition communities 

do not have specialized addictions services to deal with these issues. 

A project for a new Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre scheduled 

to open in 2020 was presented, as well as a Development plan for 

2016-2036. 

“The New Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre is a symbol of the 

communities coming together to take back our regions’ future and 

protect our way of life in the North,” said Mary Aitchison. 

The main points in the 2016-2036 Development plan are to increase 

capacity from nine beds to 22 beds and increase client capacity 

from 45 to 175 annually, integrate a family approach to include 

spouses and children of clients admitted, welcome pregnant women 

on an emergency basis, deploy certified Inuit addictions counsellors 

to provide assessment, specialized counselling and aftercare in each 

community and partner with Saqijuq and the judicial system to deploy 

the Court of Québec addictions treatment program. 

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ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑕᐅᑎᑦᑐᓗ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ 45-ᖑᕙᑦᑐᑦ 175-ᖑᒍᓐᓇᓯᓗᑎᒃ, 

ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᒻᒥᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓚᒌᑦ ᐁᑉᐹᕆᔭᐅᔪᓪᓗ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᖏᓪᓗ 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑕᐅᓇᓱᓕᕐᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓗᑎᒃ, ᐊᕐᓀᓗ ᓇᑦᔨᔪᑦ 

ᐅᐃᒪᓇᕐᑐᓯᐅᕐᓂᒦᓕᕐᐸᑕ ᑐᖕᖓᓱᑦᑎᑕᐅᓗᑎᒃ, ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᓗᑎᒃᓗ 

ᐃᓄᑐᐃᓐᓀᑦ ᐅᐃᕆᒪᓂᕐᓘᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒍᓐᓇᐅᑎᓖᑦ 

ᐱᑕᖃᕐᑎᓯᖁᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑕᐅᒍᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᒥᒃ, 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒍᑎᓪᓗᑯᓕᐊᕆᒪᔪᓂᓪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᖃᖃᑦᑕᓗᑎᒃ ᑭᖑᓂᐊᒍᓪᓗ 

ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᖏᓐᓇᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓘᓐᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃᓗ 

ᓴᕿᔪᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᕐᖃᑐᐃᕕᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᓂᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᔨᖃᖃᑦᑕᓗᑎᒃ 

ᐋᕐᕿᓯᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑯᐯᒃ ᐃᕐᖃᑐᐃᕕᓕᕆᔨᖏᑕ ᐅᐃᕆᓂᕐᓘᑎᓕᓐᓂᒃ 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᑦᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ. 

ᐃᒡᓗᔪᐊᖁᑎᑦᓴᒥᒃ ᓴᓇᒍᑎᐅᒐᔭᕐᑐᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔦᑦ ᒥᑦᓴᐅᓵᕐᑕᐅᒪᕗᑦ 

ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖃᕋᔭᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ $32 ᒥᓕᐋᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᒍᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᖁᓯᐅᕈᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃᓗ, 

ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑏᓗ, ᐃᑲᔪᕐᑕᐅᕕᒻᒦᑐᓪᓗ ᐃᓚᒌᓪᓗ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᐅᔪᓂᓪᓗ 

ᐯᕆᑦᓯᕕᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓇᑉᐯᒍᑎᐅᓗᑎᒃ 

ᐱᔪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓕᓐᓂᓗ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᑭᓕᕐᑐᐃᒍᑎᑦᓭᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᓗᑎᒃ. 

ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ ᑐᓂᔨᒍᓐᓇᓂᕋᕐᓯᒪᔪᖅ $1 ᒥᓕᐋᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᓯᒐᔭᕐᒪᖔᑕ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᕕᐅᓯᒪᒋᕗᑦ. 

ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓗ ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓗ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐊᑕᓐᓂᐅᕕᐅᓯᒪᒻᒥᔫᒃ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑖᑎᑦᓯᖁᔭᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᓂᑦ ᐅᓄᕐᓂᓕᓐᓂᒃ $15 ᒥᓕᐋᓐᓂᒃ. 

ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᓄᑦ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᐅᖃᑦᑕᕋᔭᕐᑐᑦ 

ᐅᓄᕐᓂᖃᓚᖓᕗᑦ $5.5 ᒥᓕᐊᓐᓂᒃ ᓱᕐᖁᐃᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᓚᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐃᓄᓕᕆᓂᕐᓄᓗ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒻᒧᑦ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑐᕈᑎᐅᖃᑦᑕᓛᕐᑐᑦ. 

ᓄᓇᑕᖓ ᓄᑖᑉ ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᐅᒍᒫᕐᑑᑉ ᓄᕗᒃ ᑲᖏᕐᓱᖓᑕ ᑕᕐᕋᖓᓃᑦᑐᖅ 

ᑰᒃᔪᐊᒥ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᒪᕗᖅ ᓇᔪᒻᒥᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᒃ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑎᓄᑦ. ᐃᒡᓗᔪᐊᓂᒃ 

ᓴᓇᒻᒪᓴᓕᐅᕐᑏᓗ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᑦᓴᓂᓪᓗ ᐋᕐᕿᓱᐃᔩᑦ ᑕᒐᑕᒐ ᓴᓇᒻᒪᓴᖓᓂᒃ 

ᐊᓪᓚᖑᐊᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐱᔭᕇᕆᐊᕕᓕᕐᑐᑦ. 

ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᓯᑎᑦᓯᒋᐊᓕᕐᐳᖅ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐋᕐᕿᑕᐅᓂᑦᓴᓄᑦ 

ᑐᖕᖓᕕᐅᓚᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᖃᕆᐊᖕᖓᓱᓂ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑐᕈᑎᑦᓴᓯᐅᕐᓂᓂᒃ. ᖃᒻᒥᑯᑦ-ᐱᓇᓱᒐᑦᓴᐅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕈᑎᐅᔪᑦ 

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᓃᑦ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ ᐃᒡᓗᔪᐊᑦᓴᒥᒃ ᓇᑉᐯᒍᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ. ᐊᕙᓂᒋᐊᖑᓂᕐᓴᓕ 

ᓯᕗᓂᖃᕈᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᒥᓴᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑎᐅᓕᕐᑐᓂᒃ 

ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᓂᑦᓭᑦ, ᐃᑯᓪᓚᒋᐊᕐᓗᒋᓪᓗ ᓱᕐᕃᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ ᐋᖓᔮᓐᓇᑐᓂᒃ 

ᐊᑐᕐᓂᓗᓐᓂᐅᑉ. ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᑐᓂᔨᕕᐅᒍᓐᓇᑐᖅ, ᑖᒃᓯᔭᕐᓂᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ 

ᓯᑯᑦᓴᔭᕐᑕᑎᑦᓯᒍᓐᓇᓱᓂ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᒍᑎᒥᓐᓅᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ. 

ᑏᕝ ᕘᕆᔅ ᐅᖄᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᐃᓱᓕᒍᑎᖃᓚᐅᔪᖅ ᐃᒫᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᓱᓂ 

“ᑕᒐᑕᒐᓕ ᑌᒣᓪᓗᐊᓕᕐᓱᑕ, ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓂᐊᕈᑦᑕ ᑐᕌᒐᑦᓴᓕᐊᕆᒪᔭᑦᑎᓄᑦ 

ᐅᒃᑯᐃᓯᒐᔭᕐᓗᑕ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒻᒥᒃ ᓄᑖᒥᒃ 2020-ᒥ, ᐃᓘᓐᓇᑕ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑎᑎᑐᑦ 

ᐱᔪᐃᓐᓇᐅᒋᐊᖃᓕᕐᖁᒍᑦ.” 

ᒥᐊᔨ ᐁᑦᓯᓴᓐᓗ, ᑏᕝ ᕘᕆᔅᓗ ᐊᓖᓯᐊ ᐊᔭᒍᑕᕐᓗ, ᐃᓚᐅᔪᑦ 

ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᑲᑎᖕᖓᓯᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᑯᐯᒃ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓᓐᓂᒃ 

ᕕᓕᒃ ᑯᐃᔮᕐᒥᒃ ᑰᒃᔪᐊᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓯᒪᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐆᒃᑐᐱᕆ 26-ᒥ 

ᐅᖃᖃᑎᒋᓚᐅᔪᔭᖓᑦ ᑕᒪᑐᒥᖓ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᒥᓐᓂᒃ. ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔭᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑯᐯᒃ 

ᑲᕙᒪᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᓄᓪᓗ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᓄᓪᓗ ᑌᑲᓂᑦᓭᓇᖅ 

ᐅᒃᓗᒥ, ᒪᑭᕝᕕᐅᑉ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᒪᕆᖓ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ 

ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᑦᓴᖓ ᓄᑖᑉ ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᐅᑉ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓄᓕᖓᑦᓱᓂ 

ᓯᕗᓪᓕᐅᔭᐅᒋᐊᖃᕆᐊᖓ. ᑖᒃᑯᓂᖓᑦᓭᓇᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᓯᒪᒻᒥᓱᓂ 

ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐱᑦᓯᐹ-ᑌᓗᒧᓪᓗ, ᐱᐊᓂᑦᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᕖᓪᐹᑦᒧᑦ. 

ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᓂᐅᓕᕐᑐᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᕕᖃᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᖃᕐᓂᐅᑉ 

ᓯᕗᓂᖓᓂ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᑎᓐᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᓚᑕᓗ ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑐᕈᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ 

ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑕᖃᕐᓂᖓᑕ, ᐱᔪᖃᕐᓂᐅᖃᑦᑕᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᓄᓇᓕᕐᓚᑎᒍᓪᓗ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᖃᑎᒌᑎᒍᑦ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᓂᖃᕐᓂᐅᓱᑎᒃ 

ᐱᑦᔪᔨᕕᓕᐊᖑᓛᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᓕᕐᐳᑦ. 

Construction costs are estimated at $32 million including an access 

road, lodging for staff, clients and families, child care facilities, 

and professional fees. The Makivik Corporation has committed $1 million 

and other regional organizations have been approached for funding. 

Requests have been made to the Québec and Federal governments 

to each commit up to $15 million. 

Most of the annual operations budget of $5.5-million at full capacity 

has been secured from the Nunavik Regional Board of Health 

and Social Services (NRBHSS). 

The land for the new centre on Nuvuuk Bay’s North Point in 

Kuujjuaq has been allocated by the Nayumivik Land Holding Corporation. 

Architects and engineers are completing the design. 

Isuarsivik is launching the Nunavik Recovery Foundation to raise 

funds. The short-term objective is to contribute to the new building. 

For the longer term it would be to support community healing initiatives, 

and reducing the impact of substance abuse. Isuarsivik can receive 

donations, and issue tax receipts. 

Dave Forrest concluded by saying, “at this stage, to achieve the 

target to open the new centre in 2020, everyone must become an ambassador.” 

Mary Aitchison, Dave Forrest and Alicia Aragutak, member of the 

board of directors, met with the Premier Philippe Couillard during 

his visit in Kuujjuaq on October 26th to discuss the project. At the 

meeting between the Premier and Parnasimautilirijiit on the same day, 

Makivik President Jobie Tukkiapik indicated that the construction of 

the new Isuarsivik centre was a regional priority. He has shared the 

same message with federal ministers Petitpas-Taylor, Bennett and Philpott. 

In the context of the pre-consultation process for the up-coming 

provincial and federal budgets, positive interactions among the regional, 

provincial and federal partners to support the new Centre are occurring. 

Legalization of Cannabis 

Given that the Government of Canada plans to legalize cannabis 

on July 1, 2018, and that the region should be able to comment 

on the Government of Québec draft legislation that will regulate the 

possession, cultivation, use, sale and promotion of cannabis, a discussion 

was held on the topic at the October Parnasimautilirijiit meeting 

in Kuujjuaq. 

The discussion came a few weeks after officials from the Kativik 

Regional Government (KRG), Kativik Regional Police Force, Nunavik 

Regional Board of Health and Social Services (NRBHSS), Isuarsivik 

Treatment Centre, Northern Villages and Makivik Corporation participated 

in a one-day consultation with First Nations and Inuit regarding 

the regulation of cannabis organized by the Québec government in 

Québec City. The consultation focused on three main themes: prevention, 

awareness and health effects; marketing; and security issues such 

as road safety. 

The NRBHSS made a presentation at Parnasimautilirijiit: 

prohibition has failed, costs millions of dollars in law enforcement, 

results in thousands of Canadians with criminal records, and has 

not diminished cannabis use; 

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ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᑎᒍᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ 

ᑕᑯᓐᓈᓱᒍ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᑕ ᐸᕐᓀᓕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ 

ᐊᖓᔮᓐᓇᑐᒥᒃ ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᑎᒍᕐᑎᓯᓚᖓᓂᖓᓄᑦ 

ᔪᓓ 1, 2018-ᖑᓕᕐᐸᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᒫᓂ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᑐᑦ 

ᐅᖃᕐᕕᓴᖃᕐᑐᓴᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᒥᒐᒥᒃ ᑯᐯᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᑕ 

ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐊᕆᒐᓱᐊᓕᕐᑕᖓᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕈᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᒧᑦ ᐊᖓᔮᓐᓇᑑᑉ 

ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐱᕈᕐᓴᔭᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ, 

ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ, ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᑫᓪᓗᑐᕐᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐅᖄᖃᑎᒋᓐᓂᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒪᐅᑉ ᒥᑦᓵᓄᑦ 

ᐅᑦᑑᐱᕆᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᑰᔾᔪᐊᒥ. 

ᐅᖄᖃᑎᒌᓯᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓲᖏᑐᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᕐᓯᒪᓕᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ 

ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑎᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᓄᑦ, 

ᑲᑎᕕᐅᑉ ᐳᓖᓯᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ, 

ᐃᓱᐊᕐᓯᕕᒃ ᒪᒥᓭᕕᒻᒧᑦ, ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᓄᑦ 

ᐃᓚᐅᖃᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᐃᓇᕐᒥ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᕕᐅᓂᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᓪᓓᓗ 

ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒧᖓ ᐊᖓᔮᓐᓇᑑᑉ ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᒍᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ 

ᑯᐯᒃᑯᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᖓᓄᑦ ᑯᐯᒃ ᓯᑎᒦᑦᓱᑎᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᐅᓚᐅᔪᖅ 

ᑕᑯᓐᓈᓂᖃᓗᐊᖑᐊᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᐱᖓᓱᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ: ᐱᒪᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ, 

ᖃᐅᔨᔭᐅᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᔭᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᑐᓂᒃ; 

ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᒋᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ; ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᒥᑦᑌᓕᒪᒍᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ 

ᐊᕐᖁᑎᒃᑰᓕᕈᓂ ᐊᓐᓂᑌᓕᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᓂᒃ. 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᐅᖄᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ: 

• ᐱᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒪᓂᖅ ᓱᓯᒪᖕᖏᑑᒻᒪᑦ, ᒥᓕᐊᓐᑖᓚᒐᓴᕐᔪᐊᓂᓪᓗ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᕐᑐᕈᑕᐅᕙᑦᓱᓂ ᐳᓖᓯᓕᕆᔨᓄᑦ, ᓄᐃᑦᓯᓲᒍᑎᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᓱᓂᓗ 

ᑕᐅᓴᓐᑎᒐᓴᕐᔪᐊᓃᑦᑐᓂᒃ ᐱᓗᑲᓐᓂᒧᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᒪᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᑯᓪᓚᐅᒥᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᓂᖃᖕᖏᓱᓂ ᐊᖓᔮᓐᓇᑑᑉ 

ᓱᐴᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ; 

• ᐅᑭᐅᑭᓗᐊᖑᓐᓇᑐᐃᑦ ᐱᕕᖕᖓᖃᑦᑕᓕᑐᐊᕈᑎᒃ 

ᐅᓚᐱᑦᓯᒍᓐᓇᓚᖓᔪᖅ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᐅᑉ ᖃᕆᑕᖓᑕ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓂᒃ 

ᐅᐃᕆᒪᒍᑎᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓱᓂᓗ; 

• ᐊᑯᓂᐅᖏᑐᖅ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᐱᐅᖏᑐᒥᒃ ᓱᕐᕃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᓚᖓᔪᖅ 

• heavy use at an early age can disrupt an adolescents’ brain 

development, and cause addiction; 

• over the short term cannabis has a negative impact on memory, 

attention and learning, and alters judgment; 

• cannabis may contribute to declining marks at school and a 

greater risk of dropping out; 

• cannabis has negative effects on safe sexual activity; 

• heaviest users are youth aged 15-24, who are also the most 

at risk of negative effects, along with people with a history of 

mental health problems, and pregnant women; 

• for community health professionals the challenge with the 

legalization of cannabis is to avoid increasing consumption 

among the general population or youth, and to promote the 

concept of responsible use, that is, low risks for health and 

safety. 

The Qarjuit Youth Council (QYC) reported on a Facebook survey 

they held among Nunavik youth and suggested that programs should 

be created to steer youth in a positive life direction to minimize the 

chances of becoming addicted to cannabis. The survey was done over 

five days, and included 174 participants. More than half of respondents 

were aware of cannabis becoming legalized. The vast majority of respondents 

were under 30, and 117 of respondents were female. 91% 

were JBNQA beneficiaries. 

The survey revealed that: 

• youth are in favor of legalization but education is needed; 

• cannabis has a negative effect on a user’s life but youth don’t 

know in which way; 

• access should be limited to over 18 years old; 

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ᐃᕐᖃᐅᒪᒍᑎᒥᒃ, ᑲᖏᑦᓴᓯᐊᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᐃᓕᑦᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᓗ, 

ᓱᕐᕃᒍᓐᓇᒥᑦᓱᓂᓗ ᑐᑭᑖᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᒥᒃ; 

• ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᒥᒃ ᓱᖕᖏᓂᕐᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓚᖓᔪᖅ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓄᕐᙯᓇᕈᑎᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᓱᓂ; 

• ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᐱᐅᖏᑐᒥᒃ ᐊᐅᓚᑦᔦᓂᖃᓲᖑᕗᖅ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖕᖏᑐᒃᑯᑦ 

ᑐᑎᓐᓂᐊᑐᓄᑦ; 

• ᐊᑐᕐᓂᐸᐅᓲᖑᔪᖃᕐᓱᓂ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᓕᓐᓂᒃ 15-ᒥᑦ 24-ᒧᑦ, 

ᐱᐅᖏᑐᒧᑦ ᓱᕐᕋᑕᐅᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐸᐅᓚᖓᑦᓱᑎᒃ, ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ 

ᐃᓱᒪᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᑯᑦ ᐱᓀᓗᑕᖃᓲᖑᕙᑦᑐᓄᑦ, 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᓄᑦ ᐱᐊᕋᑦᓴᓕᓐᓄᑦ; 

• ᓄᓇᓕᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᖏᓐᓄᓕ 

ᓵᖕᖓᓯᒐᓱᐊᕆᐊᖃᕐᓚᖓᔪᑦ ᐱᓕᐅᒥᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒪᓗᑎᒃ 

ᐱᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᑯᓐᓂᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᑫᓪᓗᑐᐃᓂᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᑐᕐᑕᐅᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ, 

ᐃᒫᒃ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᕐᓂᒧᓪᓗ ᐊᓐᓂᑌᓕᒪᓂᒃᑯᓗ 

ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᑯᕐᑌᓕᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᑯᑦ. 

ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ 

Facebook-ᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑐᕕᓂᐅᒋᐊᒥᓄᑦ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᐃᓱᒪᖃᓚᐅᔪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓯᒪᐅᑎᑦᓴᓂᒃ ᓄᐃᑕᐅᔪᖃᕐᑐᓴᐅᓂᖓᓄᑦ 

ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐅᕕᒃᑲᓂᒃ ᐱᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕋᓱᐊᕐᓂᒧᑦ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᑦᑎᓯᒋᐊᕋᔭᕐᑐᓂᒃ 

ᐅᐃᕆᒪᐅᑎᖃᕐᑎᓯᑦᑌᓕᒪᒍᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᒥᒃ. ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᖅ 

ᑕᓪᓕᒪᓂᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᐊᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ, ᐃᓚᐅᕕᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦᓱᓂᓗ 174- 

ᓄᑦ. ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᓚᐅᔪᔪᐃᑦ ᕿᑎᕐᖃᓕᒫᖏᑦᑕ ᐅᖓᑖᓄᕐᑐᐃᑦ 

ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕋᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᖑᓱᓐᓂᖓᓂᒃ. 

ᐅᓄᕐᓂᓭᓪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓚᐅᔪᑦᓱᑎᒃ 30 ᐊᑖᓂ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

117-ᖑᓂᖏᑦ ᑭᐅᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦᓱᑎᒃ. 91% ᐳᓴᓐᑎᖏᑦ ᔦᒥᔅᐯᑉ 

ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᔫᓚᐅᔪᑦᓱᑎᒃ. 

ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᑕᐅᔪᖃᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᐃᑕᐅᔪᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ: 

• ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᖁᔨᑦᓴᑐᐃᓐᓇᑑᒐᓗᐊᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ 

ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᑎᑕᐅᒋᐊᓖᑦ; 

• ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᐱᐅᖏᑐᒥᒃ ᓱᕐᕃᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᑑᒐᓗᐊᖅ ᐊᑐᓲᑉ ᐃᓅᓯᖓᓂᒃ 

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᖕᖏᑐᑦ ᓇᓪᓕᐊᒍᑦ ᓱᕐᕃᓂᖃᓲᖑᒻᒪᖔᑦ; 

• ᐱᕕᖃᕈᒪᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᕆᐊᓖᑦ 18 ᐅᖓᑖᓄᕐᑐᓂᒃ; 

• cannabis needs to be controlled; 

• youth use mainly to relax and to forget about their problems 

within the communities; 

• there are many questions: where will it be available, how 

much intake is appropriate, can the amount of THC be limited, 

and will the prices come down from $50 per gram being 

charged on the black market? 

Following the Parnasimautilirijiit meeting, Québec tabled on November 

16, An Act to constitute the Société québécoise du cannabis, 

to enact the Cannabis Regulation Act and to amend various highway 

safety-related provisions (Bill 157) in the National Assembly. It is foreseen 

that consultations will take place while the bill is planned to be 

adopted sometime in the first half of 2018. The purpose of the Cannabis 

Regulation Act “is to prevent and reduce cannabis harm in order to 

protect the health and security of the public and of young persons in 

particular” and it “also aims to ensure the preservation of the cannabis 

market’s integrity”. 

Bill 157 provides among other things that: 

• minors cannot possess cannabis; 

• cannabis cannot be cultivated for personal purposes; 

• there will be zero tolerance for driving under the influence 

of cannabis or any other drug; 

• cannabis will be sold by the new Société Québécoise du cannabis 

in identified shops and on the internet; 

• a person of legal age will be allowed to possess a maximum 

of 150 grams of dried cannabis. 

• The Bill gives Québec the power to enter into agreements 

with Native communities, including northern villages and 

Makivik Corporation, to adapt matters related to cannabis 

for their communities. 

• ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖃᑦᓯᐊᕆᐊᓕᒃ; 

• ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᐊᑐᓲᑦ ᑕᙯᕐᓯᒍᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᒃ ᐳᐃᒍᕋᓱᐊᕈᑎᖃᕐᓱᑎᓪᓗ 

ᐱᓀᓗᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᑦᑕ ᐃᓗᐊᓂ; 

• ᐊᒥᓱᒻᒪᕆᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᕆᐅᑎᑦᓴᖃᕐᐳᖅ: ᓇᓃ ᑕᒐ 

ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓛᕐᖃ, ᖃᓄᐃᓪᓗᐊᑐᒥᒃ ᐱᒍᓂ ᓇᒻᒪᑑᓚᖓᕙ, 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᓲᖑᓂᕆᒍᓐᓇᑕᖓ ᐊᐅᓚᑕᐅᓂᖃᕈᓐᓇᐸ, 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᑭᑭᓐᓂᓴᕈᕐᓂᐊᕈᓇᑦᓴᑐᖅ $50-ᒥᑦ ᑕᒪᖕᙰᓇᖅ 

ᐱᔭᐅᖃᑦᑕᕈᓐᓀᕈᓂ? 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᖃᓚᐅᔪᑎᓗᒋᑦ, ᑯᐯᒃᑯᑦ ᓵᕐᒨᓯᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ 

ᓅᕕᒻᐱᕆ 16-ᒥ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᐱᖁᔦᑦ ᐱᖁᔭᒻᒪᕆᖕᖑᑎᑦᓯᓂᕐᒧᑦ 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑯᐯᒃᒥ, ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᒪᓕᒐᓕᐅᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐱᖁᔦᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᐊᓯᑦᔨᒋᐊᕐᑕᐅᔪᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐊᕐᖁᑎᑯᑦ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᑰᕐᕕᑯᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᑌᓕᒪᑦᔪᑎᑦᓴᓄᑦ 

(ᐱᖁᔭᖅ 157) ᑯᐯᒃᑯᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒪᕆᖓᓂ. ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᑕᑯᓐᓈᑕᐅᓂᖃᕐᒪᑦ 

ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᕐᓂᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᓐᓇ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐊᖑᖕᖑᓱᑦᑐᖅ 

ᐸᕐᓇᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2018-ᖑᓚᖓᔪᒥ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᓄᑦ ᒪᓕᒐᖏᑦᑕ 

ᐱᖁᔭᖏᑦ “ᐱᒪᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒐᓱᐊᕈᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᐃᑯᓪᓚᐅᒥᑎᑦᓯᒪᒍᑎᐅᓗᑎᓪᓗ 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᓱᒃᑯᐃᒍᓐᓇᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓴᐳᑦᔨᓯᒪᒍᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᒧᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 

ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐊᑦᑕᓇᕐᑐᒥᑦᑌᓕᒪᓂᖏᓐᓂᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓗᐊᕐᑐᒥᒃ 

ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ” ᐊᒻᒪᓗ “ᑐᕌᖓᕕᖃᕐᓱᓂ ᐊᓯᐅᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕈᓐᓇᓂᖓᓂᒃ”. 

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ᐸ3Nymᐅt4 ᐸ3Nymᐅt4 Parnasimautik Parnasimautik - ᓄᕐᕋᓕᐅᑦ - ᓄᕐᕋᓕᐅᑦ December May 2017 

ᐱᖁᔭᖅ 157 ᐱᕕᖃᕐᑎᓯᒻᒪᑦ ᐊᓯᖃᕐᒥᔫᒐᓗᐊᓂᒃ ᒪᑯᓂᖓ: 

• ᐅᑭᐅᑭᓗᐊᕐᑐᐃᑦ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕈᓐᓇᓂᐊᖏᑐᑦ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᒥᒃ; 

• ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᐱᕈᕐᓴᔭᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᐊᖏᑐᖅ ᓇᒻᒥᓂᖅ ᐱᒐᑦᓴᐅᓂᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ; 

• ᐱᓯᒪᔪᖃᕐᓂᐊᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᐊᖁᓐᓂᐊᑐᐊᕈᓂ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᑐᓯᒪᓗᓂ 

ᐊᓯᐊᓂᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᖓᔮᓐᓇᑐᒥᒃ; 

• ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᖅ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᓄᑖᓄᑦ Societe 

Quebecoise du cannabis-ᑯᓄᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᓂᐊᕕᓐᓂ 

ᐃᓕᑕᕆᔭᐅᒪᔪᕐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᕐᑎᒍᑦ ᑎᑭᓴᕐᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓗᓂ; 

• ᐃᓄᒻᒥᒃ ᐱᖁᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖏᑦ ᓇᒻᒪᓯᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ 

ᑎᒍᒥᐊᕐᑐᖃᕈᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᑐᖅ ᐊᖏᓂᕐᐹᓕᓐᓂᒃ 150-ᓂᒃ 

ᐅᖁᒣᓐᓂᐊᕈᕐᓂᒃ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᐸᓂᕐᑐᒥᒃ. 

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᖁᔦᑦ ᑯᐯᒃᑯᓄᑦ ᓄᑭᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ 

ᐊᖏᖃᑎᒌᒍᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᓕᑐᙯᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ, 

ᐃᓚᖃᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕋᒥᐅᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᒪᑭᕝᕕᑯᓂᒃ, 

ᐊᑐᓕᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᓂᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᓱᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᓂᒃ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᒨᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ 

ᓄᓇᓕᖏᓐᓄᑦ. 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑐᑭᑖᕐᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᐃᑕᐅᔪᖃᑫᓐᓇᓂᐊᓕᕐᑎᓗᒍ 

ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᓂᒃ ᐱᓇᓱᒍᑦᔨᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖄᒍᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᑎᓗᒋᑦ 

ᐱᒪᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒪᓂᕐᒥᒃ, ᐱᕕᖃᕈᓐᓇᓂᕐᒥᓗ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᕐᒥᓗ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᓗ 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᔪᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᓕᓕᒫᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᐅᑎᒋᓕᕐᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ 

ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒧᖓ ᐱᖁᔭᖅ 157-ᒧᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓄᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑎᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ 

ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᔨᖏᑦᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ 

ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᖅ, ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐅᕕᒃᑫᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ. 

ᑏᓯᒻᐱᕆ 7, 2017-ᒥ, ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᑕᐅᔪᐃᑦ ᒪᓂᔨᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ 

ᓀᓪᓕᑎᕐᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᖓᐅᑎᒋᓕᕐᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒧᖓ 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᖑᓱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᖁᔭᖅ 157-ᒧᑦ 

ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑯᐯᒃ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒪᕆᖓᑕ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᐱᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᓐᓂᐊᓂᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓗ 

ᐃᓅᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᓗ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᒍᑎᓄᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐊᑦᔨᒋᔭᐅᓂᖃᖕᖏᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ 

ᑐᑭᓯᓂᐊᕐᓂᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒧᖓ ᐱᖁᔭᖅ 157-ᒧᑦ. ᐅᖄᔪᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ 

ᐃᓚᐅᓚᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᑯᓂᖓ ᖃᕐᔪᐃᑦ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓᑦ 

ᐊᓖᓯᐊ ᐃᖃᓗᒃ, ᓯᐊᔭ ᐋᓗᐸ, ᑲᑎᕕᒃ ᐃᓕᓴᕐᓂᓕᕆᓂᐅᑉ ᐳᕐᑐᓂᕐᓴᖏᓐᓄ 

ᐃᓚᐅᔪᒥᒃ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᕗᕋᓐᓱᐊᔅ ᐳᓵᑦ, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᓐᓄᑦ 

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᖏᓯᐊᕐᓂᓕᕆᔭᐅᓂᖏᑦᑕ ᑐᑭᒧᐊᑦᑎᓯᔨᒻᒪᕆᖓᓄᑦ. 

Parnasimautilirijiit decided to create a temporary regional working 

group to discuss prevention issues, access and sale, etc. and develop 

the region’s positions with regards to Bill 157. The group was composed 

of representatives from NRBHSS, Kativik Ilisarniliriniq (KI), 

Makivik and QYC. 

On December 7, 2017 the working group submitted a brief summarizing 

the Nunavik position on the legalization of cannabis and on 

Bill 157 to the National Assembly Committee on Health and Social 

Services. It held special public hearings on Bill 157. Presenting with 

Jobie Tukkiapik were QYC President Alicia Aragutak, Sarah Aloupa, 

Executive member of KI, and Françoise Bouchard, Director of Public 

Health for the NRBHSS. 

Jobie Tukkiapik said, “We felt it was essential to be here today 

to present our general support to the cautious approach proposed by 

Quebec on the legalization of cannabis but also to express the serious 

concerns we have with regards to the legalization of cannabis and its 

potential impacts for our population.” 

The organizations also requested a commitment of financial and 

policy support from the government. They want Nunavik to receive 

their fair share of the Cannabis Prevention and Research Fund, and to 

be represented on the Oversight committee to be created to advise 

the minister on any cannabis-related matter. They also requested that 

a working committee be established with the government to discuss 

the region’s concerns and fully explore options that will need to be 

culturally relevant. 

The full Brief is available on the Quebec government website. 

Click on “Société Makivik” at: 

http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/travaux-parlementaires/commissions/CSSS/mandats/Mandat-38809/memoires-deposes.html 

ᔫᐱ ᑕᕐᕿᐊᐱᒃ ᐅᖃᓚᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᐃᒫᒃ, “ᑕᒫᓂᒋᐊᖃᕐᑐᕆᓚᐅᔪᕗᒍᑦ 

ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᑐᓂᔨᒍᒪᑦᓱᑕ ᐃᓗᓐᓈᒍᑦ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᔭᐅᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᑯᐯᒃᑯᑦ 

ᐊᑦᑕᓇᖕᖏᑐᒃᑰᑎᑦᓯᒍᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᖑᓱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ 

ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐅᖃᕐᑕᐅᔪᖃᕐᓂᐊᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᓐᓇᒪᕆᓚᖓᒋᐊᖓᓄᑦ 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᐅᑉ ᐱᖁᔭᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᖑᓱᓐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᓐᓂᒃ 

ᓱᕐᕃᓂᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ.” 

ᑎᒥᐅᔪᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᓕᐅᕐᑕᐅᖁᔨᓚᐅᔪᒋᕗᑦ ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᑦ 

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᑐᕌᒐᕐᑎᒍᓪᓗ ᓴᐳᒻᒥᓯᒪᒍᑎᑦᓴᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐱᕕᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᕈᒪᓚᐅᔪᒻᒪᑕ ᑕᒪᑦᓱᒥᖓ ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᒥᒃ 

ᐱᒪᑎᑦᓯᑌᓕᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕐᓂᒧᓪᓗ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᕐᑎᑕᐅᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, 

ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑭᒡᒐᑐᕐᑕᐅᓂᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᓄᖓ ᑕᑯᓐᓈᑏᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᐊᐱᖏᓐᓄᑦ 

ᓄᐃᑕᐅᓂᐊᕐᑐᒧᑦ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᒋᐊᖁᔨᖃᑦᑕᓂᐊᕐᑎᓗᒍ ᑐᕐᖃᑕᕐᕕᒥᒃ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᓄᖓ 

ᓱᐳᕐᑐᒐᕐᓄᐊᖓᔪᓄᑦ. ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐱᓇᓱᑦᑎᑕᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᐃᑕᐅᖁᔨᓚᐅᔪᒻᒥᔪᑦ 

ᑲᕙᒪᒃᑯᓄᑦ ᐅᖄᒍᑎᖃᕈᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᑐᒥᒃ ᓄᓇᕕᐅᑉ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ 

ᐃᓗᓐᓈᒍᑦ ᕿᓂᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᕕᖃᕐᑎᓯᒍᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᓂᐊᕐᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓗᕐᕈᓯᑎᒍᑦ 

ᓇᒻᒪᓈᕐᓯᒪᓂᖃᕆᐊᖃᕐᓂᐊᑐᓂᒃ. 

ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓀᓪᓕᑎᕐᓯᒪᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᐅᖄᔭᐅᓚᐅᔪᔪᑦ ᑕᑯᒋᐊᕐᑕᐅᒍᓐᓇᑐᑦ ᑯᐯᒃᑯᑦ 

ᑲᕙᒪᖓᑕ ᖃᕆᑕᐅᔭᖃᕐᕕᖓᓂ. ᓃᓂᕐᓗᒍ ᓚᔪᖅ “Societe Makivik” 

ᐅᕙᓂᑦᑐᓂᒃ: 

http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/travaux-parlementaires/commissions/CSSS/mandats/Mandat-38809/memoires-deposes.html 

FIRST SESSION 

Bill 157 

FORTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE 

An Act to constitute the Société 

québécoise du cannabis, to enact the 

Cannabis Regulation Act and to amend 

various highway safety-related 

provisions 

Introduction 

Introduced by 

Madam Lucie Charlebois 

Minister for Rehabilitation, Youth Protection, Public 

Health and Healthy Living 

Québec Official Publisher 

2017 

1

“ᐅᖄᔭᐅᔪᕕᓂᕐᓂᑦ ᑐᓴᕐᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ” ᐊᓪᓚᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᕕᓃᑦ 2014-ᒥ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᑭᖑᓪᓕᐹᓂ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖏᓐᓂ 

“ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᐊᑑᑎᔭᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦ ᐊᑯᓕᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᑦᓱᒋᑦ ᐱᕕᑦᓴᓯᐊᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᐳᖅ 

ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓂᒥᒃ ᓯᕗᓂᑦᓴᑎᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᓐᓇᖑᐊᕐᑕᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑕ ᐱᑐᑦᓯᒪᓂᖃᕐᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᒧᓪᓗ 

ᐊᕙᑎᒧᓪᓗ ᐅᖄᔭᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᓚᐅᔪᖅ . ᑲᕙᒪᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᑐᑭᓯᔭᐅᓯᒪᒍᒪᕗᒍᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖁᑎᑦᑎᓃᑦᑐᑦ 

ᐃᓚᐅᑎᑕᐅᑦᓯᐊᖃᑦᑕᑐᑦᓴᐅᒋᐊᖏᑦ ᖃᓄᓕᒫᖅ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑦᓯᒍᑎᐅᓕᕐᑐᓄᑦ ᐃᓱᒫᓗᒍᑎᖃᓲᖑᒋᐊᑦᑕᓗ 

ᓴᐳᑦᔭᐅᒪᒋᐊᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᒪᙯᕝᕕᒋᕙᑦᑕᑕ. ᑲᑎᒪᓂᐊᕈᓰᑦ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᓚᐅᕐᑎᓇᒋᓗᓐᓃᑦ ᓱᓕ, ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑕ 

ᐱᓇᓱᒐᖃᕐᕕᖁᑎᖏᑦ ᐅᖄᔪᑐᖃᐅᓚᐅᔪᕗᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᖕᖓᔭᐅᓚᐅᔪᑦᓱᑎᒃᓗ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᕐᑎᒥᓐᓄᑦ 

ᐸᕐᓇᖃᑎᐅᑦᓱᑎᒃ ᑐᕌᒐᕆᓂᐊᕐᑕᒥᓐᓂᒃ.” 

Quote from “What Was Said” in the 2014 Parnasimautik Final Report 

“The Parnasimautik workshop with Akulivimiut was a great opportunity to express our vision 

of our future. Our community’s connection to the land and the environment was talked 

about extensively. We want governments to understand that the people in our region need 

to be included in all development and that we have concerns about the protection of our 

hunting areas. Before the workshop even began, our community organizations were already 

talking about Parnasimautik and were met by the mayor to prepare our goals.” 

ᓯᑦᑎᒻᐱᕆ september 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎ ᐊᓪᓚᖑᕐᑕᐅᔪᖅ 

Plan Nunavik published 

2010 

2015 

ᒫᑦᔨ March 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐅᖃᒻᒪᕆᐅᑎᖓ 

Nunavik Declaration announced 

ᓯᑦᑎᒻᐱᕆ september 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᑎᒥᐅᔪᓕᒫᑦ ᑲᑎᖃᑎᒌᑦᑐᑦ 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᓄᐃᑦᓯᓱᑎᒃ 

Nunavik All-Organizations Meeting 

creates Parnasimautik 

ᕕᕗᐊᕆ February 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᐅᑉ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᕈᑎᐅᓂᖓ 

Parnasimautik consultations take place 

2012 

2013 

X3Nymst4 

Parnasimautik 

2015 

2016 

ᐊᐅᒡᒍᓯ August 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᓕᕆᔩᑦ ᑲᑎᓯᔪᑦ ᑯᐯᑉ ᑲ’ᒪᖓᑕ 

ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᖓᔪᕐᖄᖓᓂᓪᓗ ᑯᐃᔮᕐᒥᒃ 

Parnasimautilirijiit meets with Quebec 

Government Ministers and Premier Couillard 

ᑏᓯᓐᐱᕆ December 

ᓄᑕᐅᓯᓕᕐᑕᐅᔪᖅ “ᑯᐯᑉ ᓄᓇᕕᒃ ᐅᖄᖃᑎᒌᕝᕕᖓ” 

ᑎᓕᔭᐅᓯᒪᒍᑎᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᑎᐅᑉ 

ᐊᖏᕐᑕᐅᓂᖓ ᐅᖃᕐᕕᒪᕆᒻᒥ. 

Renewed “Table Quebec Nunavik” mandate including 

Parnasimautik approved by cabinet 

ª[7WE November 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᐅᑉ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᖓᑕ 

ᐊᓪᓚᖑᕐᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ 

Parnasimautik Consultation Report 

published 

2014 

2017 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᐅᒪᑎᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᕕᖓᑦ ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ 

ᒪᑭᕝᕕᒧᑦ 2017-ᒥ 

2017 Parnasimautik Office Created within 

Makivik 

ᐸᕐᓇᓯᒪᐅᑎᒥ ᑐᓴᕐᑎᓯᒍᑎᐅᖁᔭᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓐᓇᑐᑎᑦ ᐅᕗᖓ info@makivik.org 

Please send Parnasimautik Newsletter suggestions to info@makivik.org 

ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐃᓗᓯᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔩᑦ 

RÉGIE RÉGIONALE DE LA 

SANTÉ ET DES SERVICES 

SOCIAUX DU NUNAVIK 

NUNAVIK REGIONAL 

BOARD OF HEALTH 

AND SOCIAL SERVICES

Parnasimautik newsletter #2

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