OTTAWA — Two former cabinet ministers are vying to be Nunavut's next premier, as the territory's leadership forum got underway Tuesday morning.

David Akeeagok and John Main made their pitches to fellow MLAs earlier Tuesday in opening speeches. Their colleagues will elect the premier in a secret ballot later in the day.

Nunavut functions in a consensus style government, in which there are no political parties. After electing their premier, MLAs will then choose up to eight cabinet ministers among themselves, with the remaining MLAs effectively serving as an opposition group to the government.

Akeeagok was first elected in 2017 and has held nearly every major cabinet role at different times in the years since. His nephew P.J. is Nunavut's outgoing premier, who did not seek re-election aft

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