“It is good to see devolution finally coming. It is already quite late in happening and it’s more than time for it to finally kick-in.” Inuit have worked hard for Nunavut and to bring their vision to the world, according to Kaludjak....
“The Nunavut Act states that the working language will be Inuktitut for our territory, but, unfortunately, that’s not really happening in the workplaces.
“Just about everywhere seems to be lagging behind in that regard, including the federal government and not just ours. The regional organizations and NTI need to become stronger on that issue.”
Kaludjak said if he could write the script moving forward from here, there would be a strong focus on improving communication and co-operation among all levels of government.
He said the housing crisis in Nunavut has been going on for the past 30 years and absolutely has to be addressed.
“Inuit need to be better engaged with both the territorial and federal governments to solve that issue.
“I have been encouraged with the number of Inuit youth going on for post-secondary education during the past decade or so. It’s still an area that has to be maximized, but we are seeing improvement,” he said.
“There are so many opportunities in education right now and that has to be taken advantage of by the Inuit youth of today. We need to have more thrust behind our education programs, pushing the opportunities even more to our youth.
“Our trade centre in Rankin Inlet has definitely helped and it runs excellent programs from what I’ve been told. I’ve seen nothing but positives with the programs that have been run by Nunavut Arctic College’s training centres. We are on the right path.”
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