MLAs grill minister over Cambridge Bay long-term care home ‘photo op’ – Nunatsiaq News
Sep 9, 2025
John Main, other dignitaries attend ground-breaking for 24-bed facility in Kitikmeot
Health Minister John Main wouldn’t say how much a planned long-term care home in Cambridge Bay will cost Monday as some MLAs accused him and other dignitaries of using last week’s tundra-turning ceremony as a photo opportunity just weeks before the start of an election campaign.
During question period at Nunavut’s legislative assembly, Main fended off a charge from Arviat-South MLA Joe Savikataaq that the tundra-turning ceremony last week was a “photo op.”
“It could be seen as campaigning as they may be running back for re-election, and there’s only two weeks left [in this term],” Savikataaq said Monday, the first day of the legislative assembly’s fall sitting.
