Someone said “Enquiring minds want to know and are very curious”.

Well my mind, no matter its state, was on edge yesterday wondering about the latest from the NG.

I managed to garner a little information, very little indeed actually.

Seems that no one at the Nain Inuit Community Government was made aware of any pending troubles with the voters rolls and lists [I can only assume it was the same for the other four ICG], that includes staff and councilors.

No one from NG has been available to shed any light on the situation to date, nor has the NG chief electoral office been available to shed light.
Word is that NG people and lawyers have been in deep discussions at the assembly meeting in Hopedale this week. Coincidence or not the NG official web site has been down since early yesterday, not that it is updated very often, just thought I would mention that fact.

One bit of info coming my way is; there will be workshops and information sessions for the ICG returning officers, dates to be confirmed.

So the confusion reigns [nothing new there] because NG is unable, or unwilling, to set up proper information disseminating protocols. There is an old saying; ‘information is power’, NG hold to that saying like poo to a blanket.

Another bit of enlightened information for me is; the voters list for the council elections is the same as the one for the mayor [AngajukKâk]. So reasoning that out one could be excused in coming to the conclusion that if the voters list leads NG to null and void the recent call for council elections then the recent elections for AngajukKaks should therefore be null and void as well.

Super puzzling is this little fact from the press release: Inuit Community Councilors who are already serving through acclamation will no longer serve on the council.

Any decision made by a council containing a councilor serving through acclamation will be rescinded.

The incumbent councilors will continue to serve on the council until an election is held.

In NIC Governments case no elections took place; all councilors were acclaimed last month so how does an incomplete or disorganized voters list play a role? The fact is NICG have never had an elected council since the inception of IC Governments, so are all decisions and motions in this time to be rescinded?

Why has it taken four long years to come to the conclusion about voter’s lists?

Why has there not been an NG official or elected member available to answer questions on this very important issue?

Enquiring minds want to know and are very curious.