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I'd like to advise my fellow sifters to try to not get too emotionally heated, this is a great discussion.

I remember travelling way up North just a few years back, a little town called Pangnirtung, one of seven dry communities in Nunavut. Alcohol is not sold in town and guests and tourists are prohibited from bringing any of it into the hotel. The community took a vote not too long ago and with roughly 70% of the small community in favor, the town stayed dry. Alcoholism, ofcourse is still a problem. Suicide rates among the youth are very high, and most serious crimes that are committed are still alcohol-related.

Bootlegging presents a very worthwhile enterprise for many kids up there, it's obviously very easy to find outside the community, it's only a matter of hiding it. What's more, it's a hell of a lot easier to smuggle a mickey of rum than a six pack of beer, obviously any booze you find there is going to be the strong stuff.

Now under any normal circumstance at all I would say alcohol prohibition is a terrible idea, the same goes for the war on drugs. It's just that, Pangnirtung is so isolated and detached from the rest of mainstream Canada. So much so that it can be very hard for the local boozehounds to get their fix. If alcohol was suddenly made readily available I have no doubt in my mind that alot of kids would end up dead.

During our trip we had a chance to tour through the local elementary school and as I walked through the halls I started to look at the arts and crafts posted along the walls. Most were just typical little kid sketches or small little art projects. Then I noticed something that made my stomach churn..

One of the projects included a picture and then a list of the child's goals and his likes and dislikes. Nearly all of them mentioned alcohol and drugs in some way or another. It was kinda upsetting, alcohol shouldn't be on a list of concerns of a twelve year old.

In terms of drug regulation I really don't know, I've been on both sides of the issue and I'm still left with alot of questions, just my two cents.

Naw, fits just fine.
>> ^residue:

@gwiz665 oh dear, it doesn't get in the way of your penis does it?

Neat. My mother used to run that shelter.>> ^geo321:

Here's a mini-doc...

A Place To Run To from Team Explore on Vimeo.

Because it's attached to my scrotum.
>> ^residue:

why?
>> ^gwiz665:
I carry a 15" pipe down my pants when I walk...
>> ^BoneRemake:
I carry a piece of 15" pipe up my sleeve when I walk. That is my advice.

why?

>> ^gwiz665:

I carry a 15" pipe down my pants when I walk...
>> ^BoneRemake:
I carry a piece of 15" pipe up my sleeve when I walk. That is my advice.

I carry a 15" pipe down my pants when I walk...
>> ^BoneRemake:

I carry a piece of 15" pipe up my sleeve when I walk. That is my advice.

>> ^JesseoftheNorth:

OK, so having grown up in Nunavut, I feel I should weigh in on this and dispell some of the misconceptions that have come up in the comments. These prices are from two of the larger communities in Nunavut which means that the prices are even higher in the more isolated communities. The prices are so high partly because everything has to be flown in or shipped during the few months of ice-free summer. Also, there is basically a duopoly when it comes to grocery stores in Nunavut meaning they can charge pretty much whatever they want.
I don't know where citystats.ca got their data from on the median incomes, but it's actually much lower according to Statistics Canada. The median income reported by Nunavut tax filers in 2008 was only $26,460 a year and $57,330 for Iqaluit that same year. In Sanikiluaq, which is one of the poorer communities, the median income was a measly $9,730. In Arctic Bay, where I grew up, the median income for the year fell to $11,810 from $12,500 in 2006.
There is a serious income disparity problem in Nunavut and it is the local Inuit that suffer as a result. The largest employer in the Territory by far is the Territorial and Federal Government. Those of us who are lucky enough to have a job in the public center enjoy high salaries and benefits and are able to afford the exorbitant cost of living here, but everyone else is pretty much shit outta luck. Unfortunately, it is mainly southerners that enjoy the high wages. There are of course southerners that live here because they genuinely love the land and the people (such as my Quebecois mother) but the vast majority of southern workers are here only for the purposes of lining their pockets and don't contribute much to the communities.
As for those who don't understand why people live up here, I'm not even going to bother to explain it, because you probably won't get it anyways. I'm proud to be from Nunavut despite all the problems there are up here.



dude, if you gotta pay near 50 bucks for a pack of toilet paper, forget pride man. emigrate.

OK, so having grown up in Nunavut, I feel I should weigh in on this and dispell some of the misconceptions that have come up in the comments. These prices are from two of the larger communities in Nunavut which means that the prices are even higher in the more isolated communities. The prices are so high partly because everything has to be flown in or shipped during the few months of ice-free summer. Also, there is basically a duopoly when it comes to grocery stores in Nunavut meaning they can charge pretty much whatever they want.

I don't know where citystats.ca got their data from on the median incomes, but it's actually much lower according to Statistics Canada. The median income reported by Nunavut tax filers in 2008 was only $26,460 a year and $57,330 for Iqaluit that same year. In Sanikiluaq, which is one of the poorer communities, the median income was a measly $9,730. In Arctic Bay, where I grew up, the median income for the year fell to $11,810 from $12,500 in 2006.

There is a serious income disparity problem in Nunavut and it is the local Inuit that suffer as a result. The largest employer in the Territory by far is the Territorial and Federal Government. Those of us who are lucky enough to have a job in the public center enjoy high salaries and benefits and are able to afford the exorbitant cost of living here, but everyone else is pretty much shit outta luck. Unfortunately, it is mainly southerners that enjoy the high wages. There are of course southerners that live here because they genuinely love the land and the people (such as my Quebecois mother) but the vast majority of southern workers are here only for the purposes of lining their pockets and don't contribute much to the communities.

As for those who don't understand why people live up here, I'm not even going to bother to explain it, because you probably won't get it anyways. I'm proud to be from Nunavut despite all the problems there are up here.

>> ^notarobot:
That is not a boatload of money!
>> ^shogunkai:
The average family income in Nunavut in 2000 was C$59,206 for a family of five.
Source
>> ^probie:
Right, expensive. Now let's do a video on people's paychecks in the area, as I'm sure they're substantially higher too.
Can't wait for teleportation to get invented, as it will throw the world's current currency market in the toilet.




Actually, probie has it right, in 2006 the median family income for Iqualit, one of the towns pictured, was like $89,000 compared to the Territory (Nunavut) median of $60,000... and the CANADIAN median of $53,634.

Couples sharing a household, with or without kids, had a median over $100,000 in 2005
SINGLE people had median income of over $60,000.

They're doing just fine.

That is not a boatload of money!

>> ^shogunkai:

The average family income in Nunavut in 2000 was C$59,206 for a family of five.
Source
>> ^probie:
Right, expensive. Now let's do a video on people's paychecks in the area, as I'm sure they're substantially higher too.
Can't wait for teleportation to get invented, as it will throw the world's current currency market in the toilet.

The average family income in Nunavut in 2000 was C$59,206 for a family of five.

Source
>> ^probie:

Right, expensive. Now let's do a video on people's paychecks in the area, as I'm sure they're substantially higher too.
Can't wait for teleportation to get invented, as it will throw the world's current currency market in the toilet.

Congratulations, Throbbin.

Hope things go well in Nunavut.

Thank you sir! Thanks for the push!!!

I finally get here, and I'm moving back to Nunavut soon (where bandwidth is severely limited and downloads speeds are atrocious). As a result, in about a month I won't be around too much.

But, I'm glad I made Ruby before I go.

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Yay! Concrats on the ruby man!