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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News Former Nunavut premier Paul Quassa says he helped negotiate the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement to give the next generation of Inuit more prosperity, and he\u2019s working for Baffinland Iron Mines for the same reason. Quassa became a senior advisor to the CEO of the company in 2021. It\u2019s his role to inform five Baffin Island communities about the Mary River iron mine\u2019s operations and to field any concerns in Inuktitut. \u201cBaffinland was the best place to work for me because I believed in it \u2014 that this is one way for a vision that we had when we were negotiating the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement as to how we can become more self-sufficient, and certainly, mining is one of the… <\/p>\n

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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News Former Nunavut premier Paul Quassa says he helped negotiate the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement to give the next generation of Inuit more prosperity, and he\u2019s working for Baffinland Iron Mines for the same reason. Quassa became a senior advisor to the CEO of the company in 2021. It\u2019s his role to inform five Baffin Island communities about the Mary River iron mine\u2019s operations and to field any concerns in Inuktitut. \u201cBaffinland was the best place to work for me because I believed in it \u2014 that this is one way for a vision that we had when we were negotiating the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement as to how we can become more self-sufficient, and certainly, mining is one of the... <\/p>\n

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