By Daron Letts, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News Inuit-Nunangat’s share of billions of dollars in federal housing and infrastructure funding announced in Thursday‘s budget remains undetermined, but that could change soon, Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty said Saturday in Iqaluit. “I think that we’ll have greater clarity in the next few days,” Gull-Masty said during a news conference at the Inuusirvik Community Wellness Hub. It marked the start of a two-day visit to the territory, her first trip to the eastern Arctic. In addition to her role as Indigenous Services minister, Gull-Masty is the Liberal MP for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, the sprawling Quebec riding that includes Nunavik. The Liberal government’s budget allocated $30 billion for First Nations housing and infrastructure as part of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new commitment to eliminate…
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