Use weed revenue for addictions treatment centre, Nunavut mayor says – Nunatsiaq News
November 12, 2018
“The federal government … will be earning billions of dollars in the years to come from cannabis sales”
The western Nunavut community of Gjoa Haven is still in dire need of more mental health and addictions services.
That’s why Gjoa Haven’s mayor, Joanni Sallerina, continues to lobby for a new regional mental health and addictions facility to be located in Gjoa Haven, as revealed in his letter to Nunavut’s premier and cabinet, tabled by Gjoa Haven MLA Tony Akoak, on Nov. 7, in the Nunavut legislature.
This time, Sallerina has a new plan to promote: he suggests the federal government use revenues generated by cannabis sales to finance the construction of a regional mental health and addictions centre in Gjoa Haven.
