Inuit leaders are hoping a new cycle of mine expansion in Nunavut brings with it a motherlode of jobs and economic spinoffs. Agnico-Eagle, with a goal of 50 per cent Inuit employment, has achieved about 37 per cent. Agnico-Eagle has developed a work and training approach that moves Inuit along a career path of operating ever-more-complex machinery. “All of our entry level positions are 100 per cent Inuit,” Girard said. “We’d like to have our mine managed by Inuit.” Both companies pay royalties of about $5 million a year to their respective Inuit associations.

Source: thestar March 16, 2019 14:07 UTC