By Darrell Greer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Naujaat hamlet council’s decision to turn down $6.8 million allotted to the community by Jordan’s Principle – a program aimed at ensuring all First Nations and Inuit children in Canada have access to the health and educational supports they need – is viewed as a huge mistake in some corners. Tagak Curley, a former Nunavut MLA and a founding father of Nunavut, said he thinks it’s terrible that Naujaat has still not signed on for the Jordan’s Principle initiative, which provides children up to the age of 18 with food, baby formula, diapers and other essential items. A food voucher proposal to support 710 children in Naujaat had been approved last December before Naujaat hamlet council decided it could no longer take on…
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