Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated is prepared to endorse four "nation-building projects" so long as the federal government provides enough benefits to Inuit and allows the land claims organization to act as co-developer.

The Kivalliq Hydro-Fibre Link with Manitoba, an Iqaluit hydro project, a Qikiqtarjuaq deep-sea port and the Grays Bay road and port are the projects that Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) listed as having its conditional approval in an Aug. 27 news release.

However, NTI made clear that it wants to co-develop the projects with the federal government.

“Inuit have been calling for these major projects for decades," NTI President Jeremey Tunraluk stated.

These major initiatives had previously been raised with the Government of Canada in March, during the Arctic Sovereignty and Sec

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