according to the territorial government<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link, the Gray\u2019s Bay Port and Road, and the Iqaluit Nukkiksautiit Hydroelectric Project are also on the agenda for Nunavut.<\/p>\n
\u201cI shared immediately, within our first meeting, just the importance of those types of projects,\u201d Akeeagok said of the April 27 engagement.<\/p>\n
He said he also emphasized that Nunavummiut should own the projects being built on their land.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s our job to ensure that we support that vision that\u2019s coming out of Inuit around equity, ownership of these projects, making sure that the generational wealth that will be created stays within our communities,\u201d Akeeagok said.<\/p>\n
Investment in the Arctic has been sporadic over the course of Canadian history, he said. That\u2019s beginning to change, he added, but the momentum must be maintained.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to sustain this for the long haul, in terms of making sure we support the vision of people who call the Arctic home, and ensure that we support Indigenous-led projects that are being advanced there,\u201d said Akeeagok.<\/p>\n
It was an honour getting appointed to the committee, he acknowledged.<\/p>\n
His experience as president of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association and as premier of Nunavut enables him to represent the Arctic on the committee. Akeeagok joins CEOs of banks, union leaders, industry experts, and the president of an Indigenous business council as members of the advisory body.<\/p>\n
The committee is chaired by Dominic LeBlanc, minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, who added the 25th member to the committee ahead of its first meeting.<\/p>\n
Currently, Akeeagok runs an advisory firm for Indigenous-led infrastructure called Arctic Strategies Inc.<\/p>\n
On April 27, Arctic Strategies Inc. announced it was partnering with KPMG Canada to advance infrastructure projects in the Arctic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Nunavut premier P.J. Akeeagok was the only Inuk appointed to the 25-member Advisory Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,7185,235,11885,11886,246,3005,3123],"class_list":["post-24135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-dominic-leblanc","tag-economy","tag-inuit","tag-iqaluit","tag-nunavut","tag-spare-news","tag-united-states-mexico-canada-agreement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}