2) Case 1: The hamlet’s economic development officer, Eric Lawlor, said there are no translators for calls made by unilingual residents to the health centre after hours.
“It’s not the Inuit way,” Coun. Jaco Ishulutak said of alcohol abuse and violence in the community. He said a lack of language services puts elders at risk.
The justice worker in Pangnirtung hasn’t had a phone in her office since October, and won’t until the sealift can bring in a new phone line. No cell phone has been given to that person, hamlet representatives said. article