By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News By the time the four-day Nunavut Trade Show wraps up in Iqaluit on Thursday, four more applicants will have been added to the territory’s housing wait list. That’s because, last year, the housing waitlist grew by 365 applicants, says Aaron Pederson, project manager of housing and homelessness with Igluvut Corp., Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s housing non-profit. “That’s one more family every single day,” he said. That is one of several sobering statistics Pederson cited during Tuesday’s mid-morning panel discussion, “Building our territorial infrastructure”. The panel also featured Qikiqtaaluk Corp. President and CEO Harry Flaherty, Nukik Corp. senior project advisor Tom Garrett, and Kitikmeot Corp. President and CEO David Omilgoitok. “In a territory with fewer than 10,000 occupied homes, the line for a…
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