{"id":15412,"date":"2021-03-06T19:02:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T19:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15412"},"modified":"2021-03-06T19:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T19:02:12","slug":"inuit-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15412","title":{"rendered":"Inuit protests&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Aliqa Illauq on Inuit Protests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-06-at-11.18.55-AM-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-06-at-11.18.55-AM-copy.png 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Screen-Shot-2021-03-06-at-11.18.55-AM-copy-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Baffinland&#8217;s Mary River Mine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>  CLICK LINKS FOR VIDEOS<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FrXzMShpGXo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FrXzMShpGXo\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/FrXzMShpGXo<\/a> March 4,2021<\/li><li><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jVJwbtHHLSo\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/jVJwbtHHLSo<\/a>    Inuktitut<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Aliqa Illauq<\/strong><\/li><li>Inuk<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aliqa Kanangnak Illauq was born and raised in the Baffin region of Nunavut. Her father, Jushua Illauq, is from the Apitak family which settled in the&nbsp;<em>Mittimatalik<\/em>&nbsp;(Pond Inlet) and&nbsp;<em>Kangirtugaapik<\/em>&nbsp;(Clyde River) area. A student of Carleton\u2019s Law and Human Rights program, Illauq is committed to social justice for Inuit, M\u00e9tis and First Nations peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Inuqatigitiarrupta kisulirmat ajungnangituq<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 as much as we connect well, everything is possible,\u201d said Illauq, speaking in both Inuktitut and English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What the Inuit Elders want: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. They want the land to not be ruined anymore, 2. Stop Baffinland&#8217;s Mary River phase 2 project, 3. Baffinland has proven themselves to be the wrong company to mine on our land, 4. If mining must be done as approved by the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, replace Baffinland with a company who is respecting the land, ocean, animals, and people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> &#8220;The land is our blood, if it dies, we will die as a people and will become weak&#8221; &#8211; Manitok Bruce-Thompson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"829\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-St-Marys-mine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-St-Marys-mine.jpg 829w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-St-Marys-mine-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-St-Marys-mine-768x695.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (Baffinland) is a Canadian mining company, mining iron ore at the Mary River operation in the Qikiqtani region of North Baffin, Nunavut, Canada. It is jointly owned by The Energy and Minerals Group and ArcelorMittal .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Aliqua-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Aliqua-.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Aliqua--300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-Aliqua--768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"589\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-AI.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-AI.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-AI-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Court-Painter-AI-768x452.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLICK LINKS FOR VIDEOS https:\/\/youtu.be\/FrXzMShpGXo March 4,2021 https:\/\/youtu.be\/jVJwbtHHLSo Inuktitut Aliqa Illauq Inuk Aliqa Kanangnak Illauq was born and raised in the Baffin region of Nunavut. Her father, Jushua Illauq, is from the Apitak family which settled in the&nbsp;Mittimatalik&nbsp;(Pond Inlet) and&nbsp;Kangirtugaapik&nbsp;(Clyde River) area. A student of Carleton\u2019s Law and Human Rights program, Illauq is committed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=15412\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Inuit protests&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15412"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18926,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions\/18926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}