Let's first remind our readers that Canada is a modern country, with modern rights and freedoms for ALL individuals.
Even though Nunavut may seem like another planet (both literally and figuratively) it nonetheless is part of Canada and extends these rights to ALL it's residents. I've chosen to highlight a select portion of the Charter Bill of Rights and Freedoms below:
Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.
Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada.
Rights to move and gain livelihood
Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right
a) to move to and take up residence in any province; and
b) to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province.
With that being said, I encourage my readers to send me links and ideas for posts. I'm thoroughly fed up with other writers being silenced by threats from employers or other community members. The concept of this blog is not intrinsically negative, and I'll try to collect positive stories about Nunavut as well. I will do my best to report on factual happenings, and keep the gossip and rhetoric to a minimum. =)
Enjoy
-Arctic Agent
9 comments:
You Should consider citing the article and clauses of the Charter right in your header!
Woohoo! I am very excited about this.
How about doing a post about the Residential School victims' cheques that are soon to be sweeping across the territory and the potential for problems that creates?
Elaine, email your stories to arcticagent@gmail.com either in full text, or bulleted points and we will post them anonymously.
Very interesting idea, especially given the recent "issues"... as you mentioned in your post.
Best of luck,
Wow! I just got wind of this site today. It's a shame we have to go underground, but this is exactly what we need!
I've had a spot of trouble lately with my own blog and have had to gut it pretty badly.
I'm very encouraged by the amount of support there is for free speech in Nunavut, despite the best efforts of our biggest employer at thought-control.
Good work!
Man you could have a field day on this blog when it comes to the Department of Ed. Where do you even start?
Just stumbled upon this place from another Northern Blog. Excellent idea. Can't wait to see what topics come up here. Kudos.
excellent idea, stumbled upon yours from another blog. I dont even know where to begin!
Have you taken a look at the rental leases that GN housing makes people sign. We are responsible for the building in the event of a fire...we don't own the building or the mechanical features that would start a fire. We are also only supposed to leave your dwelling for a maximum of 1 week....how does that make sense???
Thought you might want an idea for a story
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