Intergovernmental Affairs
Intergovernmental Affairs provides leadership and coordination for the management and development of strategies, policies and initiatives relevant to federal, provincial and territorial relations. It also manages relationships with aboriginal and circumpolar organizations. As such it advises on policies and positions relating to the implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and on other aboriginal land claims that overlap with the territory and manages bilateral and multilateral relations with circumpolar governments and organizations.
This office serves the GN by participating in preparations for Intergovernmental activities such as the First Ministers’, Western and Northern Premiers and Council of the Federation meetings and conferences. It also coordinates bilateral and trilateral meetings between Nunavut Tunngavik Inc and the Government of Canada. It manages the Ottawa office of the GN, which supports all departments in work and relationships with the Government of Canada, and in the coordination and support for departmental and ministerial meetings with Ottawa counterparts.
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