Canada signs Inuit autonomy plan (BBC)

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Canadian officials have signed an agreement-in-principle which should lead to semi-autonomous status for a mainly-Inuit region of Quebec.

The deal would create a regional assembly and government with responsibility for education, health and transport.

The agreement was struck last year and should come into force by 2009.

It was signed by the governments of Canada and Quebec and by Inuit representatives.

Nunavik, which has 11,000 residents, would still legally be part of Quebec and would remain subordinate to the provincial legislature in Quebec City.
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