Community Services Minister David Akeeagok raised the Qikiqtarjuaq deep-sea port, along with other nation-building projects in Nunavut, with federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson on Aug. 29, Akeeagok told a press conference.

The GN wants the federal government to build four major infrastructure projects in Nunavut as part of the One Canadian Economy Act, which has promised to fast-track large-scale investments across the country.

Qikiqtarjuaq is on the east coast of Baffin Island, along the Davis Straight that separates Nunavut from Greenland.

"We do have a fishing industry that Nunavut owns, but none of them (the ships) land in Nunavut. This will allow for Nunavummiut to land their own fish(ing ships) and be able to ship to the markets of their choice," Akeeagok said.

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