Inuit leaders meet Carney in N.W.T. to talk nation-building projects – CBC

Jul 24, 2025

PM continuing outreach following passage of Bill C-5

Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting Inuit leaders Thursday in Inuvik, N.W.T., as he ramps up his outreach to Indigenous communities about his plan to fast-track major nation-building projects.

Inuvik, one of Canada’s northernmost towns, is hosting the prime minister, several cabinet ministers and Inuit leaders for what’s known as the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee on Thursday.

“So this [meeting] could be contentious, or it could be a moment in time where we come together and bring our homeland into Canada in a way that never has happened before,” said Natan Obed, the president of the national Inuit organization, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

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