Starting this year, Nunavut Day will be a statutory holiday in the territory, meaning employees in industries regulated by the territory will be eligible for a day off with pay. The holiday marks when Parliament passed the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act on July 9 in 1993. Territorial leaders also considered the idea of making Nunavut Day a holiday in 2018 but MLAs decided at the time to wait to see whether Parliament was going to pass legislation to make Sept. 30 a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Nunavut government has estimated that another statutory holiday would come at a cost of $1.8 million. The government also estimated the holiday would cost the territory's private sector $1.2 million.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2020 18:56 UTC