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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\u2019s housing wait list. That\u2019s 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.\u2019s housing non-profit. \u201cThat\u2019s one more family every single day,\u201d he said. That is one of several sobering statistics Pederson cited during Tuesday\u2019s mid-morning panel discussion, \u201cBuilding our territorial infrastructure\u201d. 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. \u201cIn a territory with fewer than 10,000 occupied homes, the line for a… <\/p>\n

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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\u2019s housing wait list. That\u2019s 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.\u2019s housing non-profit. \u201cThat\u2019s one more family every single day,\u201d he said. That is one of several sobering statistics Pederson cited during Tuesday\u2019s mid-morning panel discussion, \u201cBuilding our territorial infrastructure\u201d. 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. \u201cIn a territory with fewer than 10,000 occupied homes, the line for a... <\/p>\n

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