Pauktuutit’s 2026 pre-budget submission makes five requests to the federal government. It calls for a defined gender-specific portion of Inuit housing funding for shelters, safe houses, transition housing and second-stage housing; sustained support for Inuit midwifery, health and healing services; support for Inuit women-led economic development; use of Pauktuutit’s Inuit-Specific Gender-Based Analysis Plus framework in federal decisions; and long-term funding for Inuit-led safety, justice and violence-prevention services. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗

The proposals directly concern services that affect Nunavut residents, including safe places for people leaving violence, housing access, maternity care closer to home, mental-health and substance-use supports, and Inuit-led justice programs. But none of the requested funding, program rules, amounts, delivery partners or timelines has been approved in the document.

Federal budget decisions and any response to the recommendations would determine whether the requests lead to funded programs. Pauktuutit is asking for multi-year, predictable funding, public accountability reporting and Inuit women’s participation in decisions affecting services and infrastructure.

For housing, Pauktuutit asks that the Inuit share of the Urban, Rural and Northern Indigenous Housing Strategy include a gender-specific allocation co-developed with Inuit women’s organizations. For health, it asks Ottawa to recognize midwifery as an essential health service, fund Inuit midwifery programs and education pathways, and support sexual and reproductive health, mental health, substance-use treatment and traditional healing. Its justice proposals include low-barrier shelters, healing centres, mobile response units, 24-hour Inuit-staffed helplines, restorative alternatives to incarceration and Elder-led community justice committees. These are requests from Pauktuutit; they are not commitments by Canada. ᓇᑭᓐᖔᖅᓯᒪᓂᖏᑦ↗