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The agreement provides for the payment of more than $500 million over 10 years by Ottawa and more than $200,000 per year by the territorial government.
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Published yesterday at 4:18 p.m. EDT
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The federal and Northwest Territories governments have agreed with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC) to fund an Inuit-run child and family services system.
The agreement provides for the payment by Ottawa of $533.5 million over the next 10 years to implement the program. For its part, the territory has committed to devoting $209,391 per year to the project.
The agreement was signed in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the territory’s Minister of Health and Social Services, Lesa Semmler, and IRC President, Duane Ningaqsiq Smith and the organization’s vice-president, Evelyn Storr.
The Inuvialuit are the first group of Inuit to develop their own family and child support services under the An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families adopted by Ottawa in 2019.
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