New Nunavut MP Lori Idlout wants to shift territory's relationship with federal government
CBC
Lori Idlout, who was elected the new NDP MP for Nunavut this week, hopes to shift the balance of power in the relationship between her territory and the federal government.
"Up to this point, Nunavummiut, Indigenous Canadians basically are begging for more resources, begging for more services," she told As It Happens host Carol Off.
"We need to shift that relationship so that we get the federal government to realize that we can negotiate ... in a position of power, because we know that the federal government wants resources from us, too."
The task may prove challenging for Idlout, as her predecessor before the election, former NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, was outspoken about the challenges she faced on Parliament Hill and why she decided not to seek re-election.
"While I'm concerned, I know that I'll have the coping skills to be able to deal with it and to have a sense of what she's experienced helps me to prepare as much as I can mentally before I arrive there," said Idlout.
In her farewell speech to the House of Commons in June, Qaqqaq denounced Canada as country built on the oppression of Indigenous people. She said she was constantly reminded as an Indigenous woman that she didn't belong on Parliament Hill, and said she was racially profiled.
Qaqqaq told As It Happens it was difficult to hear about reconciliation when she struggled to see it in action.
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