Local leaders happy with QIA’s decision to not support Baffinland mine expansion – Nunatsiaq News

Mar 12, 2021

Regional Inuit association has been silent on issue until now

Hunter and trapper organizations and hamlets on north Baffin Island are mostly satisfied with the regional Inuit association’s decision to not support a controversial proposal to expand an iron mine.

On March 5, the Qikiqtani Inuit Association’s board of directors announced a resolution to hold back support for the proposal, put forward by Baffinland Iron Mines Corp., to double output at its Mary River mine.

The board cites environmental concerns and a lack of consultation with Inuit for the decision.

The news “acknowledges what Inuit have been saying, and we are happy for that,” wrote Mittimatalik hunters chairperson Eric Ootoovak in an email to Nunatsiaq News.

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