Nunavut member of Parliament Lori Idlout says she felt an 'overwhelming sense of relief' when she learned federal ministers had rejected a proposal to expand an iron ore mine on the tip of Baffin Island.
Nunavut member of Parliament Lori Idlout says she felt an"overwhelming sense of relief" when she learned federal ministers had rejected a proposal to expand an iron ore mine on the tip of Baffin Island.
The expansion would have seen annual production at the mine double to 12 million tonnes of ore, and construction of a 110-kilometre railway from the mine to the port at Milne Inlet. Many residents in Pond Inlet, Nvt., the nearest community roughly 170 kilometres away, celebrated the decision Wednesday night with fireworks and a parade of vehicles honking their horns through the hamlet's streets.
"This is a great opportunity to show Canada what having positive relationships with Indigenous people can look like," she said.
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