By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News It was a nearly three-hour-long job interview for John Main and David Akeeagok on Tuesday. But after 26 questions from their MLA colleagues, Main, the MLA for Arviat North-Whale Cove, emerged victorious as the man who will serve as Nunavut\u2019s seventh premier. \u201cIt feels a bit surreal, to be honest,\u201d Main said in his first comments to reporters Tuesday evening. \u201cMaybe it\u2019ll sink in in a couple of hours, but I\u2019m just so thankful [for] all the support I\u2019ve gotten from my colleagues.\u201d Under Nunavut\u2019s consensus government, one of the first things MLAs do after an election is meet among themselves to decide who will be premier and who will be cabinet ministers. Main and Akeeagok were nominated by their colleagues… <\/p>\n
By Jeff Pelletier, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunatsiaq News It was a nearly three-hour-long job interview for John Main and David Akeeagok on Tuesday. But after 26 questions from their MLA colleagues, Main, the MLA for Arviat North-Whale Cove, emerged victorious as the man who will serve as Nunavut\u2019s seventh premier. \u201cIt feels a bit surreal, to be honest,\u201d Main said in his first comments to reporters Tuesday evening. \u201cMaybe it\u2019ll sink in in a couple of hours, but I\u2019m just so thankful [for] all the support I\u2019ve gotten from my colleagues.\u201d Under Nunavut\u2019s consensus government, one of the first things MLAs do after an election is meet among themselves to decide who will be premier and who will be cabinet ministers. Main and Akeeagok were nominated by their colleagues... <\/p>\n