What Erwin Elias is promising as the new IRC chair – Cabin Radio

January 21, 2026

Born and raised in Tuktoyaktuk, Erwin Elias is now the incoming leader of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation after winning a seven-way election on Tuesday.

Candidates had time to make final pitches to the 42 voting community corporation directors on election day, then took multiple rounds of questions before the vote began.

Elias, who was Tuktoyaktuk’s mayor from 2019 to 2025, ran on a platform that had climate change as a central pillar.

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