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	Nunavut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay) on Baffin Island in the east.
		Nunavut encompasses the entirety of the District of Keewatin (which had differing boundaries from the Keewatin/Kivalliq regions), the majority of the District of Franklin and a small portion of the District of Mackenzie.
		The head of government, the premier of Nunavut, is elected by and from among the members of the legislative assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nunavut (1203 words)

	Legislative Assembly of Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Clerk of the Legislative Assembly The chief procedural advisor to the Speaker and the Members of the Assembly.
		Hansard Transcripts of the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly.
		Legislative Library of the Northwest Territories Provides information and reference services to Members of the Legislative Assembly, their staff, and Government employees.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Legislative_Assembly_of_Nunavut.html (271 words)

	MSN Encarta - Nunavut
		The premier is elected by the Legislative Assembly, which also selects the members of the cabinet.
		The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut has 19 members elected from the ridings, or electoral districts, of Nunavut.
		Unlike its counterpart in the national government, the Nunavut legislature does not operate on a party structure, and members of the Nunavut assembly do not belong to political parties.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554898_7/Nunavut.html (562 words)

	Order Respecting the First Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
		Consisting of all that portion of Nunavut bounded as follows: Commencing at the point of intersection of the 70th parallel of latitude with the 110th meridian of longitude; thence westerly, southerly and southeasterly along the Nunavut--Northwest Territories boundary to the point of intersection with the 110th meridian of longitude (Lat.
		Consisting of all that portion of Nunavut bounded as follows: Commencing at the point of intersection of the 110th meridian of longitude with the 74°15' parallel of latitude; thence south along the 110th meridian of longitude to the point of intersection with the Nunavut--Northwest Territories boundary (Lat.
		Consisting of all that portion of Nunavut bounded as follows: Commencing at the point of intersection of the 62°20' parallel of latitude with the 90th meridian of longitude; thence south along the 90th meridian of longitude to the point of intersection with the southern shore of Hudson Bay (Lat.
	laws.justice.gc.ca /en/N-28.6/SOR-98-380/text.html (857 words)

	Nunavut
		Nunavut consists of: all of Canada north of 60° N and east of the boundary shown on the map below, and which is not within Quebec or Newfoundland; and the islands of Hudson Bay, James Bay and Ungava Bay that are not within Manitoba, Ontario or Quebec.
		Nunavut is twice the size of Ontario with a population not much greater than the city of Brockville.
		The purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) was unanimously adopted by the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut on May 1, 2000, as the official flower of Nunavut.
	www.canadainfolink.ca /nunavut.htm (1171 words)

	Member of the Legislative Assembly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction.
		Members of the Assembly are known as MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly).
		The house of the unicameral Parliament of the State of Queensland is formally known as the Legislative Assembly and the elected representatives were known as MLAs (Members of the Legislative Assembly) until 2000
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly (238 words)

	CBC - Nunavut Votes 2004
		Nunavut began the 2002-03 fiscal year with an accumulated operating surplus of $96.2 million.
		It changes according to the country's overall economic performance and health, Nunavut’s tax revenues and the annual change in the territory's population relative to the rest of the country.
		CBC Radio Nunavut has given each of the candidates in the election the opportunity to make a short statement about why they are running for the territorial assembly.
	www.cbc.ca /nunavutvotes2004/features/nunavutBudget.html (1699 words)

	List of Nunavut premiers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the premiers of Nunavut Territory, Canada, since its creation in 1999.
		As Nunavut has a consensus government, the premier is elected by and from the members of the legislative assembly, who are not divided into parties.
		Prior to April 1, 1999, Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Nunavut_premiers (98 words)

	Nunatsiaq News
		The assembly already sat in the two other regions, having held several sessions in Iqaluit and one sitting in the Kivalliq community of Rankin Inlet last year.
		Nunavut Commissioner Peter Irniq explained the importance of moving the assembly around Nunavut during his throne speech to the Legislative Assembly in February.
		Nunavut’s 1,300 government workers, who are part of the Nunavut Employees Union, will soon vote on whether to reject or accept the government’s latest contract offer.
	www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut010531/nvt10511_01.html (559 words)

	(English)Government of Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nunavut -- "our land" in the Inuktitut language -- has been home to Inuit for millennia and part of Canada for more than a century.
		Embracing both traditional knowledge and values and the new opportunities presented by technologies like the Internet, the Government of Nunavut now provides a wide range of services tailored to the unique needs of approximately 27,000 residents.
		Nunavut is a place of great economic growth.
	www.gov.nu.ca /gnmain.htm (182 words)

	1997 Press Releases // Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Members of the Legislative Assembly are committed to ensuring the level of programs and services is maintained in both Nunavut and the western Territory, he said.
		The Commission was appointed by the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories on March 7, 1997, on the recommendation of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
		The official count confirmed that a majority of the Nunavut residents who voted in the Public Vote did not support the proposal to elect one male and one female MLA to the first Nunavut Legislative Assembly, said Chief Polling Officer David Hamilton.
	www.assembly.gov.nt.ca /HouseBusiness/PressReleases/PressReleases1997.html (5610 words)

	Session I Nunavut: Taking Stock
		If Nunavut is going to work, there must be sufficient finances to run it, sufficient money to put in infrastructure, and sufficient money to allow TFN and the territorial government to try and get Nunavut legislation enacted in Parliament by 1992.
		When I was involved with the Nunavut Constitutional Forum from the early 1980s until 1987, we were looking at spending an additional $300 million to put in infrastructure and additional senior-level public service, and initially looking at a very good legislative assembly.
		With the introduction of legislation in 1992, its subsequent enactment, and the passage of an additional five years, we could ideally see a Nunavut government operating with a full slate of legislative and administrative powers, similar to those of the current territorial government, around the turn of the century.
	www.carc.org /pubs/v18no4/3.htm (8785 words)

	Nunavut Integrity Commissioner - History of the Act
		The new legislation recognizes that in order to determine whether there is a conflict of interest, it is really only necessary to know the source and the nature of the private interest -- regardless of whether it is a small value or a large one, the principle is the same.
		In addition, the Legislative Assembly may request a review of a member, the Premier may request a review of a minister and the Integrity Commissioner may initiate a review on his or her own.
		The new Act recognizes that as Nunavut moves forward in its economic development, it will be increasingly important that individuals who enter public life are not required to sever all connection to their private businesses, nor require the same of their families.
	www.integritycom.nu.ca /English/About_Act/history.html (1714 words)

	Nunavut Legislation Gateway - Law Library - Nunavut Court of Justice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		As duplicated / enacted for Nunavut from the N.W.T. Summaries for the Nunavut Consolidated Statutes
		These powers were exercised in packages of "Division Legislation" which received Royal Assent December 9th, 1998 (6th Session of the 13th Legislative Assembly) and March 29th, 1999 (7th Session of the 13th Legislative Assembly).
		No such reproduction shall indicate that Nunavut Justice is in any way responsible for the accuracy or reliability of the reproduction, nor shall any such reproduction indicate that it was made with the endorsement of, or in affiliation with, Nunavut Justice.
	www.nunavutcourtofjustice.ca /library (335 words)

	CBC - Canada Votes 2004 - Ridings to watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nunavut has the dubious distinction of holding national records for several health and social problems.
		Last November, she was the only Nunavut cabinet minister to oppose the territory's human rights act because it provided protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation.
		She says she only voted against the act because she feared it would send a message that Nunavut was in favour of changing the definition of marriage to allow for same sex unions.
	www.cbc.ca /canadavotes/thecampaign/nunavutriding.html (3417 words)

	CBC - Nunavut Votes 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Everyone at the event spoke of how Nunavut would be different from the other provinces and territories – how it would reflect Inuit and their culture.
		Nunavut's first senior justice of the peace, Alexina Kublu, says Inuit were expecting elders to play an important role in the Nunavut legislature.
		Under the land claims agreement, representation in the government workforce is suppose to reflect the percentage of Inuit in the population.
	north.cbc.ca /regional/servlet/View?filename=nueltradition20040216 (1213 words)

	News Break
		The creation of Nunavut has been the result of 20 years of planning between the Canadian government and the Inuit people.
		It described the new government in a document appropriately titled "Footprints in New Snow." Nunavut's government, which began its work on April 1, 1999, is made up of an elected legislative assembly, a cabinet, and a territorial court.
		Nunavut's government has begun a ten-year period of gradually taking over responsibilities that were handled by the government of the Northwest Territories.
	www.hbschool.com /newsbreak/nunavut.html (631 words)

	Throne Speech - March 7, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Government of Nunavut, through the work of this Assembly, has authorized the construction or acquisition by the end of the 2002 building season almost 300 public housing units in Nunavut.
		The government proposes extensive and wide spread consultations on the content of this legislation, but is also confident that the terms of the Land Claims agreement and the knowledge and wisdom of Nunavut hunters will provide the guidance necessary to allow the Minister to develop and introduce legislation during this Session.
		As Members of this Assembly it is your responsibility to continue to work towards the goals you have in common; to achieve the vision you have identified in the Bathurst Mandate; and to ensure that whatever you do in this new Session advances the interests of all Nunavummiut.
	www.gov.nu.ca /Nunavut/English/departments/throne/mar7.shtml (2180 words)

	2001 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
		Nunavut has a lot of financial management positions that are vacant because there are not enough people who have the skills and qualifications that the jobs require.
		The Assembly does not review and approve the government's long term leasing plans in advance because planned new lease commitments are not shown in capital estimates, even though the lease costs may be as large as building costs.
		Nunavut has a lot of long term building leases and the number is growing.
	www.oag-bvg.gc.ca /domino/reports.nsf/html/200111nla_e.html (8300 words)

	SECOND COMMISSIONER OF NUNAVUT APPOINTED - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		IQALUIT, NUNAVUT (March 7, 2000)- The Honourable Robert Nault, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.
		Under the Nunavut Act, the Commissioner of Nunavut is the chief executive officer of the territory.
		During Legislative Assembly sessions, the commissioner reads the opening address, gives assent to bills passed by the Legislative Assembly, has formal signing authority in certain matters, and closes the session.
	www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /nr/prs/j-a2000/2-00112_e.html (252 words)

	On the Nunavut Campaign Trail - Politics and Economy - CBC Archives
		Unlike the noisy campaigns to the south, the first election in Nunavut was informal and low-key.
		Nunavut's candidates for MLA prefer to run low-key election campaigns.
		CBC News North: Nunavut wraps with warm goodbyes
	archives.cbc.ca /300c.asp?id=1-73-1155 (293 words)

	Nunatsiaq News
		Although the Nunavut legislative assembly's permanent home won't be ready until this October, the Inuksuk High School gymnasium was as fine a place as any to host the birth of Nunavut's legislature.
		The Nunavut assembly's oldest member, Akulliq MLA Ovide Alakannuark, was the first to take an oath.
		To ensure that nobody flubbed their lines in front of the TV cameras, nearly every word spoken at the sitting was written out for MLAs in am 11-page script that they had used in rehearsals held in the days preceding the event.
	www.nunatsiaq.com /archives/nunavut990427/nvt90409_02.html (1279 words)

	Brisbane Institute: People - Paul Okalik
		On March 5, 1999, the full caucus of Nunavut Members of the Legislative Assembly choose Mr.
		The territory of Nunavut, located in the Arctic, is the newest member of the Canadian federation, forming in April 1999.
		Nunavut?s lesson that Aboriginal people can regain control of their world offers a powerful message of hope.
	www.brisinst.org.au /people/okalik_paul.html (385 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: North America: Canada: Nunavut: Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Legislative Assembly of Nunavut - Territorial legislature.
		Nunavut Court of Justice - Judge biographies, court decisions, profile, schedules, and rules of court.
		Nunavut Planning Commission - Established under the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and is responsible for land use planning and aspects of environmental management in the new territory.
	www.dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/Canada/Nunavut/Government (283 words)

	Nunavut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For the electoral districts of the same name, see Nunavut (electoral district) and Nunavut (Senate Division).
		While the Commissioner is not formally a representative of the Queen of Canada, the role of representing the Crown has accrued to the position.
		The territory's first parliament was dissolved on January 16, 2004, with elections scheduled for February 16.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Nunavut.htm (1210 words)

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		She told the people of Nunavut that they have created harmony with the environment and regard it as a gift to be cherished, not to be squandered.
		Chretien and aboriginal singers greeted the Queen at the Nunavut Legislative Assembly building, where she dedicated the seat of Canada's newest government.
		For Iqaluit's young people, the highlight of the Queen's 2.5-hour Nunavut visit was her stop to the Inuksuk High School, much to the delight of local school children and community leaders.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/scfcn/CTVNews/20021005/iqaluit_queen_021004/CTVNewsAt11 (830 words)

	CanadaInfo: Provinces and Territories: Nunavut
		The Inuit are a majority of the population of the Nunavut area and therefore have a preponderant influence in a public government that was elected by all residents of Nunavut, Inuit and non-Inuit.
		The first Nunavut government leader was chosen by members of the first Nunavut Legislative Assembly - the system now in place in the Northwest Territories - but the Nunavut Legislature will be given the jurisdiction to institute a system of direct election of government leader in the future if they choose.
		An elected Legislative Assembly, a Cabinet, and a territorial court will be the primary institutions of public government.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/provinces&territories/NU.html (368 words)

	Presiding Officers Conference / Legislative Assembly (01/02/05) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Forty-four speakers and deputy speakers representing all provincial, territorial and federal assemblies attended the three-day conference.
		For the first time, Inuktitut was spoken in the Legislative Assembly Chamber by deputy speaker Uriash Puqiqnak, who delivered the jurisdictional report for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut.
		The conference, which is held each year in January in a different Canadian jurisdiction, offers a unique opportunity for presiding officers from throughout the country to interact and discuss important topics and issues of common concern.
	www.gnb.ca /cnb/news/leg/2001e0097la.htm (208 words)

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