Nunavut has spent $54M to house elders in Ottawa over the last 7 years, government says
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The Nunavut government has spent almost $54 million to house Nunavut elders at Embassy West, a seniors' living facility in Ottawa, over the last seven years.
That's according to numbers from the territory's health department, which has a contract with Embassy West.
The annual spend by the government of Nunavut increased in almost every fiscal year, with the exception being 2020-21, when Embassy West received $191,672.99 less than the year before.
The department said as of June 3, there were 71 Nunavut elders are staying at Embassy West.
Raymond Ningeocheak was an elder who previously stayed there. He was a beloved political leader, a key figure in engaging with Nunavut Inuit and helped improve harvesting and hunting rights in the territory.
His daughter, Sarah Netser, said she's proud.
"When he became a board member at NTI (Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated), he was always leaving us, but it was because it was his duty; he wanted us to be able to be on our own," Netser told CBC News in Inuktitut. "I didn't mind because he was travelling as one of the leaders to make changes in different communities, to help them."
"He always told us to share with the people that were less fortunate. He had so much love for everyone."
Ningeocheak spent part of the last two years of his life living outside of Nunavut.
In 2021, he wanted to stay at Embassy West for help with physiotherapy.
But while he was there, he was also diagnosed with dementia. He ended up staying at Embassy West for more than a year, according to Netser.
"I didn't like how Nunavut didn't have the kind of facilities he needed and [he] had to be sent to Ottawa," she said. "There wasn't anyone that was able to care for his needs at all times, because we moved here to Iqaluit while he was still in Coral Harbour."
"There wasn't anything else we could do, we had no choice."
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