CBC North: Nunavut hunters urge for reassessment as Baffinland eyes 2026 construction of Steensby rail
April 1, 2025 —
Warren Bernauer is an assistant professor of environment and geography at the University of Manitoba who’s been assisting the Igloolik hunters and trappers association with its submissions.
He believes the federal government has an obligation to get consent from Inuit — rather than just community feedback — under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. Baffinland, he said, needs to do the same.
“They need to ask permission and that’s not what they’re doing,” he said.
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