Family’s anecdote of life in a makeshift tent in Iqaluit underscores severe public housing crisis in Canada’s northernmost territoryConditions in the Arctic town of Iqaluit are tough at the best of times: temperatures drop well below freezing for two thirds of the year,and in the winter, the settlement – capital of Canada’s northernmost territory Nunavut – is strafed by blizzards.
But for the past three months, and an indigenous family of six,including a pregnant woman and an 18-month-old baby, beget been forced to live in a makeshift tent in the town while they wait for public housing.
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Source: theguardian.com