Canada, France opening consulates in Greenland
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More than 70 Inuit leaders from across Canada have arrived in Nuuk to show their solidarity with Greenlanders in their battle with U.S. President Donald Trump and join Governor-General Mary Simon in opening a Canadian consulate.
Inuit leaders are standing up to voice support for Greenland, with the national body representing Inuit in Canada saying an attack on the Danish territory’s sovereignty is an attack on all Inuit.
Demands by the US that it take control of the Arctic island is for many Inuits a reminder of a troubling imperial past