ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 3000 ᐳᓚᕋᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ

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Apr 12, 2024

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 3000 ᐳᓚᕋᑎᒋᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ

ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ P.J. ᐊᑭᐊᕈᖅ ᕿᒥᕐᕈᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 18- ᑲᑎᓐᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᒥᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᖅ NCC Development Ltd−ᑯᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᓪᓗᓂᐅᒃ ᒥᓂᔅᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᓕᕆᔨᒃᑯᑦ ᒋᐅᕆ ᐊᓇᓐᑕᓴᓐᒐᕆ, ᒐᕙᒪᑐᖃᒃᑯᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᖓ ᐃᖃᓗᓐᓃᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓯᕗᓂᐊᒍᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑐᔅᓴᓂᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᕋᑖᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ, 18- ᑲᑎᓐᖓᔪᓂᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᖓ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 3000 ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᔭᕇᖅᑕᐅᓕᖅᑐᖅ.

ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 3000 ᑐᕌᕐᓂᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖃᕐᓗᓂ ᐃᓪᓗᓕᕆᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᒡᒐᓇᖅᑐᓯᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖓᓄ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓐᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᐱᖃᓯᐅᔾᔨᔪᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᖏᑦ 3000 ᐊᖏᕋᐃᑦ ᐅᓇᐅᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2030. ᐊᑕᖏᖅᑐᑎ 25 ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓄᓇᓖᑦ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑖᓂᑦ ᐃᓪᓗᖃᖅᑎᑕᐅᓂᕐᒧᑦ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᓐᓂᐅᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᕆᔨᕐᔪᐊᒃᑯᑦ (NHC) ᐊᒻᒪNCC ᐱᔪᓐᓇᑎᑦᑎᔪᑦ ᓱᑲᑦᑐᒥᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑭᖏᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᑦᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓯᒪᑦᑎᓪᓗᑎ ᐱᐅᔪᒻᓇᕆᓐᓂᑦ ᐊᑐᐊᒐᕐᓂᑦ.

NCC president and CEO Clarence Synard welcomed the opportunity to speak to Minister Anandasangaree and Premier Akeeagok about the project. Synard explained the company is incorporating new technologies into the builds in order to maximize the number of units that can be constructed.

A wholly Inuit-owned company, NCC also announced a partnership with Maikigiaqta to train Nunavut Inuit in the construction trades. It allocated 4.9 million over six years for this project. These opportunities will help ensure Inuit can purchase items, such as hunting equipment, that will allow them to participate in traditional activities such as hunting and trapping. It also offsets the high cost of living in the territory. The training will be conducted in Inuktitut and English. Local workers are essential to ensure that the project provides the most impactful benefit for Nunavut. “We are putting a big emphasis on attracting employees at the local community level and having them engaged in the process, as well,” said Synard. “So, obviously we are hiring local first — we are hiring Inuit beneficiaries first, combined with current staff that we already have.” Training programs are being conducted in the communities where the builds occur as many individuals are unable to travel for career opportunities. The housing itself is a necessity. Nunavut has some of the lowest vacancy rates nationwide and many individuals cannot afford housing without assistance. In 2020, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated determined that 37 per cent of the territory's population either had insufficient or inadequate housing. This causes a bottleneck for Nunavut’s growing population, an estimated 54,000 individuals by 2043. Since 2017, Nunavut has been Canada’s fastest growing economy with an average growth of 8.5 per cent per year. Meeting the housing demands ensures that this growth isn’t stymied by a lack of housing. Inuit are not seeing the benefits of Nunavut’s economy the way they should. Nunavut 3000 and the NCC/NHC partnership ensures that these training and construction initiatives benefit the territory’s population, the majority of which is Inuit.