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On July 9, 1993 the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and Nunavut Act were adopted by the Parliament of Canada and received Royal Assent. In 1998, amendments to the Nunavut Act were adopted by parliament and received Royal Assent. In 1999 on April 1, Nunavut was established with an independent government. [5]
In 1993 a Nunavut-wide Inuit vote and the Canadian Parliament ratified the Nunavut Agreement. By April 1, 1999, when the Government of Nunavut and the Nunavut Territory was created, it represented the "largest comprehensive land claim settlement ever reached between a state and its Indigenous Peoples."
The Nunavut Association of Municipal Administrators (NAMA) and the Government of Nunavut's Department of Community Government & Transportation [2] created a steering committee which began the work of developing structures, courses, budgets and protocols to meet the training needs identified by municipalities at the time. The resulting ...
Municipalities are created by the Government of Nunavut in accordance with the Cities, Towns and Villages Act (CTVA) [9] and the Hamlets Act. [10] According to the CTVA , a municipality is an "area within the boundaries of a municipal corporation, as described in the order establishing or continuing the municipal corporation" where a municipal ...
The territory operates by consensus government; there are no political parties. Approximately two weeks after an election, the newly elected legislature meets in a special session called the Nunavut Leadership Forum to select the Executive Council, or cabinet. Members of the Legislative Assembly are sworn in by the commissioner of Nunavut.
Nunavut [a] is the largest and northernmost territory of Canada.It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act [12] and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, [13] which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government.
Government House Leader, Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation: 2008, [a] 2017 South Baffin: David Joanasie: Minister of Community and Government Services: 2013 Tununiq: Karen Nutarak: 2021 Uqqummiut: Mary Killiktee: 2021
The Canadian territory of Nunavut was formed on April 1, 1999 through the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act. Nunavut, since its formation, has had a consensus government. In a consensus government, the premier is elected by the non-partisan members of the Legislative Assembly.