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Canada’s reconciliation council bill was not ‘co-developed’ with Inuit, ITK president says

Natan Obed is not endorsing the new legislation.

By Jeff Pelletier, Nunatsiaq News December 6, 2022
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed says a federal bill to establish a national council for reconciliation was not “co-developed” with Inuit, and is not endorsed by his organization.

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