Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut - Lori Idlout on bill C-326

 ᑐᙵᓇᕐᓂᖅ, ᓄᓇᒋᔭᕗᑦ - Tunnganarniq Nunagijavut - Lori Idlout

Host Lucy Tulugarjuk welcomes MP Lori Idlout back to the show today, to discuss her private members bill C-326.

Lori Idlout is a Canadian politician who was elected as part of the New Democratic Party (NDP) in 2021 to represent the riding of Nunavut.

Idlout is from the Igloolik, a small community which rests on top of Qiqiktaaluk/Baffin Island. Idlout moved to Iqaluit in preparation for the creation of the Nunavut as a self-governing territory in 1998.

She has worked for the Government of Nunavut as a policy analyst and as Executive Director of Embrace Life Council – a non-profit suicide prevention organization. She completed her Juris Doctor from the University of Ottawa and practiced law in Iqaluit with her own firm, Qusagaq Law Office before becoming the Member of Parliament.

Lori has raised nine children with her partner, Allan.

LIVE on November 10th, 2023.