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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News A proposed hydroelectric fibre link from Manitoba\u2019s power grid to five communities and two mines in Nunavut\u2019s Kivalliq region should be part of the national infrastructure strategy, according to an Inuit leader. But the federal government has been keeping the project on the back burner for at least four years, Kono Tattuinee, the president of the Kivalliq Inuit Association, told an audience at the Nunavut Arctic Security and Sovereignty Summit in Iqaluit on June 26. Tattuinee said that transitioning off 60-year-old diesel generators is a priority for the region. \u201cWe\u2019ve done our best to work with different departments. We tried to get our foot in the door of the finance minister\u2019s office, but we were half in and half out… <\/p>\n

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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News A proposed hydroelectric fibre link from Manitoba\u2019s power grid to five communities and two mines in Nunavut\u2019s Kivalliq region should be part of the national infrastructure strategy, according to an Inuit leader. But the federal government has been keeping the project on the back burner for at least four years, Kono Tattuinee, the president of the Kivalliq Inuit Association, told an audience at the Nunavut Arctic Security and Sovereignty Summit in Iqaluit on June 26. Tattuinee said that transitioning off 60-year-old diesel generators is a priority for the region. \u201cWe\u2019ve done our best to work with different departments. We tried to get our foot in the door of the finance minister\u2019s office, but we were half in and half out... <\/p>\n

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