Question Period Note: 2023–24 CIRNAC Departmental Results Report

About

Reference number:
NA-2024-QP-2841
Date received:
Dec 6, 2024
Organization:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Name of Minister:
Vandal, Dan (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Northern Affairs

Suggested Response:

• We are pleased to present CIRNAC’s Departmental Results Report for 2023–24.
• CIRNAC continued to advance the unique priorities of Indigenous Peoples and Northerners, and to support the political, economic and social development of the North.
• We also continued to address the ongoing challenges faced by the North, including food security, infrastructure development, and climate change.

Background:

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Additional Information:

• In 2023–24, CIRNAC celebrated the historic signing of the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement.
• We provided territorial governments with $75 million dollars to address critical housing needs in the North, enabling the delivery of 109 new public housing units and 22 modular housing units to communities.
• We supported 67 clean energy projects across the North, contributing to an estimated reduction of 1,000,000 litres of diesel.
• CIRNAC also supported the remediation of over 160 northern contaminated sites, including the 8 largest abandoned mines.
• In 2023–24, CIRNAC celebrated the historic signing of the Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement.
• We provided territorial governments with $75 million dollars to address critical housing needs in the North, enabling the delivery of 109 new public housing units and 22 modular housing units to communities.
• We supported 67 clean energy projects across the North, contributing to an estimated reduction of 1,000,000 litres of diesel.
• CIRNAC also supported the remediation of over 160 northern contaminated sites, including the 8 largest abandoned mines.