Idlout calls on Ottawa to sign land use plan protecting Inuit hunting grounds – Nunatsiaq News
Aug 15, 2025
Nunavut MP says delay benefits mining companies while creating uncertainty around investment in the territory
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is calling on the federal government to approve the Nunavut Land Use Plan, which she says has been unnecessarily delayed for more than two years.
“Personally, I think there has been such a long delay because mining companies have such a strong voice and they are asking questions and asking for the approval to be delayed,” Idlout said in an interview Wednesday.
Until the plan is signed and approved, she said, Inuit will face economic and environmental uncertainty. A finalized plan would allow Inuit “to implement their own priorities for economic development.”
