NWC boss says he can’t make food affordable for everyone in Nunavut – Nunatsiaq News
March 02, 2015
“We have to get around to looking at incomes as well, and equity of incomes”
As one of Nunavut’s two major food retailers, the North West Co. faces the greatest number of complaints about the lack of access to affordable, nutritious food for the poorest people in Nunavut.
The Nutrition North Canada air freight subsidy, in place since 2011, was supposed to help make healthy food more affordable for all Nunavummiut — and it has, says NWC.’s president and CEO, Edward Kennedy.
But any effort to make food completely affordable for all would call for actions that go far beyond freight subsidies, he said.
