There is a bit of a storm blowing out there, not too bad, up to 63 clicks from the NE mostly, quite warm too it is up to -5. Seems to be all over Labrador, hope Michel is OK on his walk, they are predicting he may get to Postville by Tuesday now.

Back in late may Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami [ITK] held a two day meet in Ottawa, the purpose of the meet was to draw up a Toward a Strategy for Inuit Food Security-Strategic Planning Meeting, [TSIFSSPM for short ;-] .

There were 35 people from all across the Inuit regions and some from industries involved with the supply of food in the north. Alas no one from Nunatsiavut Government was in attendance.

So ITK not wanting to leave NG of the process they decided to bring the meeting to NG.

Purpose
To give Nunatsiavut representatives the opportunity to give input to the development of an Inuit Food Security Strategy draft document being put together by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami in response to regional feedback. This session, like the one held in May 2008, will include representatives who have experience with a range of aspects of food security including the Food Mail programme, shipping, wildlife harvesting, nutrition and health, food access, etc.

Meetings were scheduled [on short notice admittedly] for 20 to 22 of February in Nain, the first session was on the 20th. Alas no representative from NG was in attendance, these dates clashed with most of the leadership of NG and ICG being at meetings in another community in Labrador.

In attendance at the 20th meeting were two concerned citizens from the community, one being employed by NG the other not. The employer of NG was there on there own initiative and not at the behest of NG.
No other person from any department of NG who would have an interest in food security was there [or to my knowledge] was planning on meeting with the two facilitator’s of the meetings.

It is my understanding that a couple of people employed by the stores in Nain were going to meet privately with the facilitators over the weekend, I am not sure if any representative of NG will get to meet with them on there return to Nain or if any other people could be rounded up to meet the facilitators.

The four hour meeting that the two concerned citizens attended turned out to be very productive and a lot of local concerns and ideas were added to the concerns, obstacles, visions that were nutted out in the May Ottawa meeting.

One has to wonder what the f-----g hell is going on here.