I-Makivik Corporation (Makivik) kanye ne-Inuvialuit Corporate Group (ICG) namuhla bamemezele ukuthi bathole zonke izimvume zokulawula ukuhlanganisa i-First Air neCanadian North ukuze kuhlinzekwe ngezinsizakalo zomoya ezihamba phambili ngangokunokwenzeka kulo lonke elase-Arctic.
Lesi senzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando simele ukunqoba kwabo bonke abantu baseNyakatho, njengoba amaqembu abanikazi asebenze ngokuzikhandla eminyakeni eminingi emiphakathini yase-Arctic, ngokubonisana nabakwa-Inuit nabanye ababambiqhaza, kanye nohulumeni bezindawo nohulumeni wobumbano ukuze bakhe uhlelo olucacile, olungokoqobo lweNyakatho eqinile, esimeme. inkampani yezindiza.
“Lezi yizindaba ezinhle,” kusho UCharlie Watt Sr., Makivik President. “Ngo-1990 sathenga inkampani yezindiza eyayinezinkinga, iFirst Air, sayenza yasimama. Ngaleso sikhathi, sathembisa ukudala inkampani yezindiza ephethwe yibo bonke abakwa-Inuit of Canada futhi manje sesisondele kakhulu ekwenzeni lokho kwenzeke.”
Abahambi bangaqiniseka ukuthi ngeke kube khona ukuwohloka enkonzweni phakathi nenqubo yokuhlanganisa, noma ngemva kokuphothulwa kwayo. Amaqembu azibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwakha inkampani yezindiza esimeme ehlinzeka ngolwazi olukhethekile lwamakhasimende ngamanani angcono kakhulu.
"Silandela ukuzibophezela kwethu ukwenza izinto ngendlela ezuzisa bonke abantu baseNyakatho," kusho uDuane Smith, uSihlalo kanye ne-CEO ye-Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC). "Ngokwenza kahle umhubhe wezokuthutha zasemoyeni waseNyakatho, senza inqubekelaphambili enkulu ekunikezeni ama-Inuit amandla okuba ababambiqhaza abaphusile kuwo womabili umnotho wasenyakatho nokazwelonke."
Inkampani yezindiza entsha, i-Pan-Arctic izosebenza ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Canadian North" futhi indiza izosebenzisa i-First Air livery, enophawu lwayo lwe-Inukshuk. Indlunkulu yenkampani yezindiza ehlanganisiwe izoba se-Ottawa.
Amaqembu azibophezele ekugcineni amakhasimende enolwazi lwakamuva ngakho konke ukuthuthukiswa okuhlobene nokuhlanganisa kanye nokusebenza kwakho ngokuqhubekayo. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngaphambi noma ngemva kokuhlanganiswa, kokubili i-First Air ne-Canadian North zizoqhubeka nokuhlinzeka abantu baseNyakatho ngokufinyelela kumasevisi ohambo lwendiza aphephile, anobungane futhi anokwethenjelwa kuyo yonke i-Arctic.
