WHEREAS on 1 April, 1999, the Nunavut Act, passed previously by the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, came into effect, an Act that created a Territory called Nunavut in the Arctic reaches of the Dominion of Canada; and
WHEREAS , on 15 February, 1999, the people of the yet-to-be Territory elected 19 members of a Legislative Assembly, and those MLAs elected Mr. Paul Okalik as Premier-Elect of the Territory of Nunavut, to take office on 1 April; and
WHEREAS these events signal a new era of self-determination for the Inuit and other Arctic peoples of the Dominion of Canada;
THEREFORE the Ziu commends the Dominion of Canada for its creation of Nunavut, and sends its best wishes to Mr. Okalik and his new Government.
Uréu q'estadra så,
Matt Dabrowski (PC-Vuode)