{"id":771754,"date":"2026-06-30T20:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771754\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T20:07:11","slug":"carney-obed-stress-stronger-inuit-ottawa-partnership-during-kuujjuaq-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771754\/","title":{"rendered":"Carney, Obed stress stronger Inuit-Ottawa partnership during Kuujjuaq visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime minister responds to recent comments about leadership seeking other partners <\/p>\n

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa must maintain a positive relationship with Inuit, in response to Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami president Natan Obed\u2019s June 19 comments<\/a> that Inuit should seek other partners for Arctic defence if the government does not respect them.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Obed] and I have very good relations,\u201d Carney said Tuesday morning in Kuujjuaq, before he co-chaired an Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee meeting alongside Obed.<\/p>\n

The agenda for the one-day meeting included the Inuit Child First Initiative, tuberculosis elimination, access to housing and Nutrition North reform. It was not open to the public.<\/p>\n

During remarks before the meeting, Carney said it\u2019s important to co-ordinate with Inuit as partners on these issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose immediate priorities need specific interventions, but also system change, which is the value of the [Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee] process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Carney called the partnership crucial to Canada\u2019s efforts to strengthen Arctic sovereignty and security.<\/p>\n

He said Ottawa\u2019s more than $40 billion in planned<\/a> Arctic defence spending must be developed in partnership with Inuit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is your homeland,\u201d Carney said.<\/p>\n

Obed also praised the partnership committee for helping advance shared priorities over the past nine years but said there\u2019s room for improvement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not take Canada\u2019s leadership or partnership for granted in engaging with Inuit,\u201d Obed said, adding a call for the federal government to continue to work with Inuit on Arctic policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cInuit are the foremost experts on the Arctic. We know our lands, waters, environment and communities best,\u201d he said. \u201cWe stand with Canada as Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carney is the first prime minister to visit Kuujjuaq since Stephen Harper in 2008.<\/p>\n

Back in February, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty announced that Ottawa will spend $27 million<\/a> over five years to try to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities.<\/p>\n

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Last year, Nunavik reported 117 cases, the highest number since the regional health board started keeping records.<\/p>\n

Gull-Masty also announced<\/a> a $115-million extension of its Inuit Child First Initiative, which provides support for Inuit children and youth, as well as a one-time $30 million \u201ctop up\u201d of the Nutrition North subsidy, a federal program that lowers the price of groceries in the North.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime minister responds to recent comments about leadership seeking other partners Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa must…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-771754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}