Dispute over unrecognized Inuit group halts major conference for Canadian North

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Dispute over unrecognized Inuit group halts major conference for Canadian North
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The Northern Lights Business and Cultural Showcase was due to take place in Montreal in 2025

President of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, Natan Obed, joins Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they co-chair the meeting of Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9, 2024.A 16-year-old biennial event aimed at fostering business in the country’s eastern Arctic and northern regions has been cancelled indefinitely as a dispute unfolds between Inuit in Canada and a Labrador group claiming to share their heritage.

Julianne Griffin with the Labrador North chamber says organizers got a letter from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents Inuit in Canada, saying it would advise its members not to attend if the NunatuKavut Community Council in Labrador was invited.

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