Inuit leaders urge Ottawa to follow Greenland’s infrastructure lead

CBC: Inuit leaders back from a recent trip to Greenland say there’s a stark contrast between the infrastructure in that Nordic country compared to Canada’s North, and they’re calling on the federal government to urgently fill the gap as part of its enhanced focus on Arctic security.

“They’re way ahead of us,” said Paul Irngaut, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), the group that represents Inuit in the territory.

“We’re the last people that the government thinks about until now because of the political climate.”…

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