By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News Prime Minister Mark Carney wants the ability to cancel mining licences and claims on government-owned land in Nunavut if a cancellation is in the national interest. Premier John Main said he supports Ottawa’s legislative effort to do just that. The federal government would not have to rely on national security justifications to cancel a mining project in Nunavut under Bill C-31, but instead remove licences and claims based only on an opinion that stopping a mine is in the national interest. “We support Canada in terms of asserting national security or the national interest in Nunavut,” Main told Nunavut News on Oct. 21 after endorsing the bill in the legislative assembly. Main said the reasons for cancelling a mining project…
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