How will Labrador Inuit self-government affect non-Inuit living in the Inuit Communities?
A. Inuit Community Governments will have powers similar to those that the existing municipalities exercise. Non-Inuit residents in the Inuit Communities will participate in their government through the right to vote for and have guaranteed representation on community councils. Community councillors will be divided into two groups. The first group, consisting of Inuit and non-Inuit residing in a community on May 10, 1999 (the date the AIP was initialled), will occupy at least 75 percent of the seats of a community council. The second group, consisting of non-Inuit who become resident in a community after May 10, 1999, will occupy the remainder. As a result of negotiated agreements with Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador, the Nunatsiavut Government will provide education, health and social services to all residents in the Inuit Communities, both Inuit and non-Inuit.
