Federal budget pledges support for Inuit health, education, language – Nunatsiaq News

by ahnationtalk on March 20, 2019537 Views

March 20, 2019

But Inuit leaders decry lack of infrastructure investment for the North

The federal government said yesterday it will deliver on a pledge to help open a new, long-awaited addictions treatment facility in Nunavut.

That news came in the federal government’s 2019-20 budget, tabled Tuesday afternoon, though it came as a commitment with no dollar figure attached.

“Together with contributions from the Government of Nunavut and Inuit partners, as part of budget 2019, the government announces its commitment to support the construction and ongoing operation of a treatment facility in Nunavut,” federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced March 19.

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