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CBC
04-06-2025
- General
- CBC
Nunavut MLA and cabinet minister David Akeeagok won't run for re-election
Nunavut cabinet minister David Akeeagok says he won't be running in the next territorial election. Akeeagok holds a number of portfolios in cabinet, including community services and human resources, as well as being the minister responsible for mines, trade, and the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission. He announced his decision to step away from politics on Tuesday in legislative assembly. Speaking in Inuktitut, he said he made the decision "because I want to be with my family." He also thanked his constituents in his Quttiktuq riding, saying "words are not even enough to express my gratitude." Akeeagok was first elected MLA of Quttiktuq in 2017 and was acclaimed to a second term in 2021. The riding includes the communities of Resolute Bay, Arctic Bay, and Grise Fiord, where Akeeagok was raised. Speaking to CBC News, he said that representing the three widely separated communities "has become a challenge." He says he was especially proud to represent his home community of Grise Fiord. "It's one community that does not get as much attention as it should," he said. The next territorial election will happen in October. Akeeagok said he wanted to announce his decision now so that anybody interested in running for the Quttiktuq seat has time to think about it.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
NDP holds Nunavut after Elections Canada validates results
After a delay due to a blizzard, Elections Canada has validated the results in Nunavut and confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has prevailed over Liberal challenger Kilikvak Kabloona. The results were posted on Elections Canada's website Friday evening. Validation is a procedure in which Elections Canada double-checks and verifies the numbers reported on election night. It took more than two weeks for Elections Canada to validate the results because the final ballot box from the community of Naujaat was delayed. It was sent to Iqaluit but got stuck at the airline cargo facility in Rankin Inlet when a rare late-spring blizzard hit Iqaluit on Thursday. Because of the delay, Idlout could not be sworn in as the Nunavut MP — something she told The Canadian Press was frustrating because constituents were reaching out to her for assistance but she could not officially act as an MP. The validated results show Idlout beat Kabloona by 41 votes. That's a thinner margin of victory than the preliminary results Elections Canada posted shortly after election night, which showed Idlout beat Kabloona by 77 votes. The 41-vote difference is not enough to automatically trigger a judicial recount, which occurs when the number of votes separating a winner and a runner-up is less than 0.1 per cent of the total votes cast, according to Elections Canada's rules. There were a total of 7,868 valid votes in Nunavut, according to Elections Canada's website. That means the difference would have needed to be seven votes or less to automatically trigger a judicial recount. The current standings have the Liberals two seats shy of a majority government, with 170 MPs. The Conservatives have 143 seats, the Bloc Québécois 22, the NDP seven and the Green Party one. There are still two outstanding judicial recounts, but the Liberals need to hold one riding and flip another, meaning the most seats they could have is 171. The Liberals need to hold onto the seat they have in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas. A judicial recount there is still in progress. Before the recount, Liberal Anthony Germain led Conservative Jonathan Rowe by 12 votes. WATCH | Here's how an automatic recount works: A recount in the Ontario riding Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore is scheduled to begin on May 20. The current result shows Conservative Kathy Borrelli beating incumbent Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk by 77 votes. On Friday, a judicial recount in the southern Ontario riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South confirmed that Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen won the seat by a margin of 21 votes over Conservative Parm Gill. Meanwhile, the The Bloc Québécois is calling on the Superior Court of Quebec to order a byelection in the riding of Terrebonne, where the party lost by one vote, as Elections Canada revealed issues with five more mail-in ballots. The House of Commons is set to resume on May 26.
CBC
17-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
NDP holds Nunavut after Elections Canada validates results
Social Sharing After a delay due to a blizzard, Elections Canada has validated the results in Nunavut and confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has prevailed over Liberal challenger Kilikvak Kabloona. The results were posted on Elections Canada's website Friday evening. Validation is a procedure in which Elections Canada double-checks and verifies the numbers reported on election night. It took more than two weeks for Elections Canada to validate the results because the final ballot box from the community of Naujaat was delayed. It was sent to Iqaluit but got stuck at the airline cargo facility in Rankin Inlet when a rare late-spring blizzard hit Iqaluit on Thursday. Because of the delay, Idlout could not be sworn in as the Nunavut MP — something she told The Canadian Press was frustrating because constituents were reaching out to her for assistance but she could not officially act as an MP. The validated results show Idlout beat Kabloona by 41 votes. That's a thinner margin of victory than the preliminary results Elections Canada posted shortly after election night, which showed Idlout beat Kabloona by 77 votes. The 41-vote difference is not enough to automatically trigger a judicial recount, which occurs when the number of votes separating a winner and a runner-up is less than 0.1 per cent of the total votes cast, according to Elections Canada's rules. There were a total of 7,868 valid votes in Nunavut, according to Elections Canada's website. That means the difference would have needed to be seven votes or less to automatically trigger a judicial recount. Two outstanding recounts The current standings have the Liberals two seats shy of a majority government, with 170 MPs. The Conservatives have 143 seats, the Bloc Québécois 22, the NDP seven and the Green Party one. There are still two outstanding judicial recounts, but the Liberals need to hold one riding and flip another, meaning the most seats they can have is 171. The Grits need to hold onto the seat they have in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas. A judicial recount there is still in progress. Before the recount, Liberal Anthony Germain led Conservative Jonathan Rowe by 12 votes. WATCH | Here's how an automatic recount works: Here's how the automatic recount will work for Terra Nova-The Peninsulas 11 days ago Duration 2:09 A recount in the Ontario riding Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore is scheduled to begin on May 20. The current result shows Conservative Kathy Borrelli beating incumbent Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk by 77 votes. On Friday, a judicial recount in the southern Ontario riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South confirmed that Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen won the seat by a margin of 21 votes over Conservative Parm Gill. Meanwhile, the The Bloc Québécois is calling on the Superior Court of Quebec to order a byelection in the riding of Terrebonne, where the party lost by one vote, as Elections Canada revealed issues with five more mail-in ballots. The House of Commons is set to resume on May 26.
CBC
17-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
NDP hold Nunavut after Elections Canada validates results
Social Sharing After a delay due to a blizzard, Elections Canada has validated the results in Nunavut and confirmed NDP incumbent Lori Idlout has prevailed over Liberal challenger Kilikvak Kabloona. The results were posted on Elections Canada's website Friday evening. Validation is a procedure in which Elections Canada double-checks and verifies the numbers reported on election night. It took more than two weeks for Elections Canada to validate the results because the final ballot box from the community of Naujaat was delayed. It was sent to Iqaluit but got stuck at the airline cargo facility in Rankin Inlet when a rare late-spring blizzard hit Iqaluit on Thursday. Because of the delay, Idlout could not be sworn in as the Nunavut MP — something she told The Canadian Press was frustrating because constituents were reaching to her for assistance but she could not officially act as an MP. The validated results show Idlout beat Kabloona by 41 votes. That's a thinner margin of victory than the preliminary results Elections Canada posted shortly after election night, which showed Idlout beat Kabloona by 77 votes. The 41-vote difference is not enough to automatically trigger a judicial recount, which occurs when the number of votes separating a winner and a runner-up is less than 0.1 per cent of the total votes cast, according to Elections Canada's rules. There were a total of 7,868 valid votes in Nunavut, according to Elections Canada's website. That means the difference would have needed to be 7 votes or less to automatically trigger a judicial recount. Two outstanding recounts The current standings have the Liberals two seats shy of a majority government, with 170 MPs. The Conservatives have 143 seats, the Bloc Québécois 22, the NDP seven and the Green Party one. There are still two outstanding judicial recounts, but the Liberals need to hold one riding and flip another, meaning the most seats they can have is 171. The Grits need to hold onto the seat they have in the Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas. A judicial recount there is still in progress. Before the recount, Liberal Anthony Germain led Conservative Jonathan Rowe by 12 votes. WATCH | Here's how an automatic recount works: Here's how the automatic recount will work for Terra Nova-The Peninsulas 11 days ago Duration 2:09 A recount in the Ontario riding Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore is scheduled to begin on May 20. The current result shows Conservative Kathy Borrelli beating incumbent Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk by 77 votes. On Friday, a judicial recount in the southern Ontario riding of Milton East-Halton Hills South confirmed that Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen won the seat by a margin of 21 votes over Conservative Parm Gill. Meanwhile, the The Bloc Québécois is calling on the Superior Court of Quebec to order a byelection in the riding of Terrebonne, where the party lost by one vote, as Elections Canada revealed issues with five more mail-in ballots. The House of Commons is set to resume on May 26.
CBC
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Nunavut election result not validated as ballot box held up in cargo by blizzard
The federal election result in Nunavut still has not been validated by Elections Canada, because one final ballot box has been delayed by a blizzard. NDP incumbent Lori Idlout won the unofficial result by 77 votes over Liberal candidate Kilikvak Kabloona. Elections Canada has a validation process to confirm the unofficial count completed on election night, but the final box from the community of Naujaat has not made it to Iqaluit to be tallied. Returning officer Jean-Claude Nguyen confirmed to The Canadian Press the box is stuck at the airline cargo facility in Rankin Inlet. Iqaluit was hit by a rare late-spring blizzard on Thursday, cancelling flights into the capital and leaving the community without power for about seven hours.
