Days after Elections Canada released its report into what transpired in Nunavik during the federal election, Russ Johnson is still filled with anger and frustration.

“I think we got a bunch of half truths and half acknowledgements,” he said from his Montreal home.

In a report released Thursday , Elections Canada acknowledged a suite of shortcomings that led to polls in half of Nunavik’s 14 villages closing early on election day — and in Akulivik and Ivujivik, there were no voting services that day at all.

Those issues included a plan that lacked meaningful engagement with local communities – which was approved by Elections Canada headquarters — and a failure by the returning officer to complete mandatory community outreach prior to voting day.

But Johnson, who previously lived in Nuna

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