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CANADA’S ARCTIC SOVEREIGNTY AND NUNAVUT’S PLACE IN THE FEDERATIONNunavut Land Claims Agreement • July 8th, 2008
In 1993, the government of Canada and the Inuit of the high Arctic signed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, which created the new territory of Nunavut. According to Michael Mifflin, this strengthened Canada’s sovereign claim over its Arctic lands and waters. But 15 years later, he says, Canada’s credibility is waning because the federal government has not lived up to its commitments, notably to create a government that is representative of the population. Here, he critically examines the delays in implementing the Agreement, the persistent social gaps and the problems Nunavut faces in terms of fiscal autonomy and governance. He suggests that granting Nunavut provincial status could help solve several of these problems as well as reinforce Canada’s sovereignty claims.
