Makivik Magazine Issue 101

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NDP Leaders
in Kuujjuaq
L ast June 26, NDP leader,
Thomas Mulcair and NDP MP for
Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—
Eeyou, Romeo Saganash, paid a
visit to Kuujjuaq. Besides a townhall
meeting where residents were
able to publicly ask them questions,
they also met with Makivik
representatives, the local municipal
council, and with members
of the Tulattavik Health Centre.
During their tour of the community,
the NDP entourage visited
the marinie infrastructure, for
which funding is required for
maintenance and improvements, and also checked
out the prices of retail items at one of the local grocery
stores.
The most pressing topic of discussion during the
meeting at our Makivik office was the need for more
social housing for Nunavik Inuit — a need that Makivik
takes every helpful opportunity to express, and a problem
that is rapidly growing along with our young
population. The shortage of adequate housing creates
an environment for the easy transmission of diseases,
including tuberculosis, a lack of privacy, the inability
for students to study, various forms of abuse and other
negative conseuences, including homelessness within
our own communities and for many Inuit who resort to
moving down south. It is not the first time that Nunavik
leaders have voiced the need for adequate social housing
with Romeo Saganash. It is hoped that Mulcair will
raise his voice to the to the federal government on
Nunavik’s housing shortage and high cost of living during
his role as the Leader of the Official Oposition. And
maybe even after he “forms the next federal governmant,”
which he was so fond of repeating during his visit.
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