“You’ve got the Nunavut government, now our government of the N.W.T., the Yukon government, telling the government something is wrong. I think that should be a strong signal there’s something wrong with the program,” Sahtu MLA Norman Yakeleya said. Jun 3, 2013
RT @northern_clips: #NWT MLAs join Nunavut & Yukon & call for federal audit of @pmharper & @leonaaglukkaq‘s @Nutrition_North http://ow.ly/lFPii #CDNpoli

Nunavut MLA wants Nutrition North probed – MLA Fred Schell wants the auditor general to investigate food subsidies Mar 19, 2013

Nunavut MLAs want federal audit of Nutrition North Canada May 15, 2013

Nutrition North spinning numbers, says former public servant – Food Mail manager says price comparisons are using unrepresentative baseline Mar 6, 2013

Nunavut to begin monitoring food prices – Pilot project will start in 10 communities next month  Mar 7, 2013

North West Company reports record profit – Net profits up 12 per cent from 2012 Apr 25, 2013

Nutrition North changing how northern retailers do businessArctic Co-operatives ending decades-long relationship with First Air May 1, 2013

Nutrition North starts up with low-price pledge – Healthy food prices could drop 5 to 11 per cent, retail boss says April 02, 2011

Cheez Whiz on, diapers off new Nutrition North food subsidy listWe added a few things back on what I call family-friendly products” October 01, 2012

Feeding My Family (in Nunavut) Facebook group that started the food price protest in the North

George Lessard

George Lessard

George has worked in Northern media and the education sector while living in Salluit, Nunavik (Arctic Quebec), Arviat, (Nunavut); Inuvik, Forth Smith and Yellowknife (Northwest Territories) since 1982...