Nunavut mayors concerned about end of food voucher program – Nunatsiaq News

Apr 30, 2025

Funding no longer universal, instead based on individual needs of each child; researchers say its end will lead to a food-security crisis

The organization representing Nunavut municipalities is “deeply concerned” about the end of the hamlet universal food-voucher program under the Inuit Child First Initiative.

“[The association] remains deeply concerned about the implications of this decision, particularly given the ongoing challenges related to food insecurity in Nunavut,” Soloman Awa, president of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities and mayor of Iqaluit, said in a letter sent Monday to Nunatsiaq News on behalf of the territory’s mayors.

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