Iqaluit council sends mayor to pricey Nunavut conference – Nunatsiaq News

January 14, 2015

Travel to Ottawa, $1,600 fee sparks short debate

Iqaluit’s cash-strapped finances sparked debate at an Iqaluit City Council meeting Jan. 13, about the value of sending municipal representatives to a $1,600-a-head conference in Ottawa next month.

The city’s economic development committee proposed that council send an elected member to the Nunavut at 15 conference, organized by the Iqaluit-based Northern Institute for Policy and Law, Feb. 4 and 5.

The two-day event will host “elected leaders, advisors, advisors and lawyers from governments and Inuit organizations” and researchers who will speak about the progress Nunavut has made in its first 15 years as a territory, the Northern Institute says on its website.

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