Hearings begin into massive Nunavut land use plan – Nunatsiaq News
June 23, 2015
“Thousands of areas that are important to Inuit were recorded”
A long and much-anticipated document inches forward this week in Iqaluit and, though it might not seem exciting to some, it’s history in the making.
Technical hearings for one of the largest land use plans in the world — if not the largest — are unfolding at the Iqaluit Cadet Hall this week, from June 23 to June 26.
“This plan is quite large. It’s one-fifth of Canada’s land mass with trans-boundary areas. And it’s the largest land use plan of its kind,” said Sharon Ehaloak, executive director of the Nunavut Planning Commission.
The land use plan sets out which areas in Nunavut can be used for what purpose — like areas open for potential development or areas which, because of their environmental or wildlife significance, are off limits to development, and protected.
