Kuujjuaq gets $1M for greenhouse expansion

For about 20 years, residents of Kujuak have grown vegetables in a community greenhouse project. The site has two greenhouses with 46 gardening plots. And with one million dollars from the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Region, a new building will connect the two greenhouses. Roxane Archambault is a volunteer on the project steering committee. The season for gardening would be like longer because right now we need To close early and start later in the year, because our water tank is outside. Construction is expected to begin in July 2027, and Archambault is hoping the longer growing season will have a positive impact on the community. But growing vegetables is only one way to improve food security. Peter Williamson is an Inuk policy analyst from Rankin Inlet. He's grateful the government is offering support, but he believes there are still too many barriers for Inuit to harvest food, especially for elders The only people who can afford to go out hunting are people who already have a job. And there's a lot of Inuit who are unemployed or underemployed. And even those who have a job but they make very little money, they don't have money. To buy the hunting equipment that is needed to go hunting. CBC asked the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions whether its funding programs could also support traditional hunting and harvesting The agency did not respond before our deadline. Carl Cardinal, CBC News, Iqaluit.