{"id":821614,"date":"2026-07-23T21:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821614\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:05:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:05:28","slug":"ottawa-gives-gn-155m-for-health-care-housing-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/821614\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa gives GN $155M for health care, housing infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Building northern infrastructure is central to building a \u2018stronger, more resilient country,\u2019 says federal minister<\/p>\n

The Government of Nunavut will receive $155 million from Ottawa to build housing, post-secondary and health-care infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty announced the funding \u2014part of the Build Communities Strong Fund \u2014 during a news conference at the Iqaluit Aquatic Centre on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding essential infrastructure, especially here in the North, is a central part of our plan to build a stronger, more resilient country,\u201d said Alty, who is also attending the Inuit Circumpolar Council\u2019s general assembly in the city this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a government, we know, this commitment is especially important here in Nunavut, where the need for modern reliable infrastructure is urgent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nunavut will receive $81.3 million over 10 years to support housing and post-secondary projects and $74.1 million for health infrastructure over three years.<\/p>\n

As part of this agreement, Nunavut has committed to encouraging housing development by not increasing any fees or taxes that hinder housing supply, a federal government news release said.<\/p>\n

Also speaking at the conference was Northern and Arctic Affairs Minister Rebecca Chartrand, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. vice-president Paul Irngaut, Iqaluit Mayor Solomon Awa, Nunavut deputy Premier George Hickes, territorial Health Minister Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster, and Cecile Nelvana Lyall, minister responsible for Nunavut Housing Corp.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis federal government, for the first time ever, has acknowledged investments in health infrastructure,\u201d Hickes said. \u201cAs the former health minister I can say, going back nearly 10 years, we\u2019ve had these discussions.\u2026 So the recognition of investments in health infrastructure is very important.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, the GN will determine where to best spend the funds, Hickes said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis does take a lot of time, and we want to make sure that we\u2019re utilizing these dollars as effectively as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Awa acknowledged the benefit of working with Brewster, who is a former deputy mayor of Iqaluit, and he had kind words for Alty, a former mayor of Yellowknife.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worked with her,\u201d Awa said. \u201cWe were advocating to Government of Canada. Now she\u2019s sitting in the government. I\u2019m really happy she\u2019s going to be working here on the federal government side.\u201d<\/p>\n

This funding is part of a larger effort to increase the territory\u2019s housing supply in Nunavut.<\/p>\n

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Through Build Canada Homes, the release stated, at least 750 new housing units will be built across Nunavut, including 25 units by NTI, 425 public housing units, 150 affordable housing units and 150 supportive housing units.<\/p>\n

Nearly 100 modular housing units have been shipped to Nunavut, the release said, with some already occupied in Cambridge Bay. An additional 120 units are set to be delivered to Nunavut during the 2026 sealift season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Building northern infrastructure is central to building a \u2018stronger, more resilient country,\u2019 says federal minister The Government of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-821614","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\/821614","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=821614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}