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MAJOR PROJECTS

1. RESOLUTION ISLAND

   QC has been carrying out a clean up of the Resolution Island Dew Line site since 1997. Since the beginning of the project QC crews have built access roads, demolished the old military facilities on the site, built land fills for mildly contaminated soils and removed more contaminated soils from the site to be treated at a facility in southern Canada.

   The project has had Inuit employment levels of 90 -95% for the past four years, with staff averaging 75 people per year during that period. It has provided training for heavy equipment operation, vehicle maintenance, hazardous materials handling, road building, waste management,  and site supervision.

2. MARINE DEVELOPMENT

   QC has a number of fishing operations, including a Shrimp Licence with a core quota of 1,730 metric tones, and a Shrimp Fishing Area 5 special quota of 874 metric tones. In 2005 QC acquired a 51% Interest in a fishing vessel, the MV Saputi, as well as a 51% interest in a new fishing company, Qikiqtaaluk Fisheries Corporation.

   In 1996, six northern shrimp licence holders formed the Northern Coalition.  Member organizations includes Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Makivik Corporation, Unaaq Fisheries, Labrador Inuit Development Corporation, Torngat Fish Producers Co-op, Labrador Fishermen’s Union Shrimp Company Limited, St. Anthony Basin Resources, and Fogo Island Co-operative Society.

   The group secured a special quota of 6,120 metric tonnes in shrimp fishing area 5.  Qikiqtaaluk Corporation’s share of the quota is 874 metric tonnes.

   Qikiqtaaluk Corporation also has a turbot quota of 285 metric tonnes, that in recent years has been fished by Davis Strait Fisheries and the baffin Fisheries Coalition.

3. GN PROPERTY ASSESSMENT CONTRACT

   In 1999 Qikiqtaaluk Corporation was awarded a contract with the Government of Nunavut (GN) to carry out property assessment and taxation services for the Government of Nunavut.  The aim of the contract is to assess the value of lands and buildings, based on the Alberta model, to determine a property tax base, as well as all other aspects of administration of property taxes for Commissioner's Land on behalf of the GN. The contract runs to March 2006.

   Over the course of the contract Qikiqtaaluk Corporation has contracted the service of GT Property Assessment & Tax.  GT Property Assessment possesses a strong property assessment and taxation background with extensive knowledge and experience working throughout the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Alberta.  They have helped QC put together a highly qualified and specialized project team, and have made a commitment to train Inuit in property assessment.

100% QC-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES

1. Qikiqtaaluk Properties Inc

   Qikiqtaaluk Corporation is 100% owner of Qikiqtaaluk Properties Inc (QPI). The sole business of the Corporation is commercial leasing to tenants of the Igluvut Building, the Parnaivik Building, the QC warehouse and the Boreal Building. Most of the tenants are on long term leases.

2. Baffin Gas Limited

   Qikiqtaaluk Corporation owns Baffin Gas Ltd.  Baffin Gas provides retail sales of gasoline, diesel, naphtha kerosene and various automotive and small engine lubricants.  The operation recently expanded to include convenience store and carving centre operations.

3. 3379442 Canada Incorporated (QC/337)

   Qikiqtaaluk Corporation established 3379442 Canada Incorporated to finance and manage the design and construction of the proposed Qikiqtani General Hospital.  Work on the Qikiqtani General Hospital is expected to be completed by December 2006.
   QC/337 has entered into a number of contracts with the Government of Nunavut for the development of the hospital project, including a Service Contract for the design of the hospital, an Extended Service Contract worth $11.5 Million for completion of preliminary work, and a Development Agreement with the GN for $46 Million for the main construction phase of the project.

4. Qikiqtaaluk Equipment Limited

   Qikiqtaaluk Corporation owns Qikiqtaaluk Equipment Limited, and willoperate it starting in 2006 to run major environmental cleanup contracts.
   
   

5. Qikiqtaaluk Information Technology Corporation (QITC)

   
   Qikiqtaaluk Information Technology Corporation (QITC) is a new addition to the QC family of companies. Incorporated in 2007 with aquisitions from established Information Technology (IT) corporations in Nunavut, QC brings a full range of IT services, consulting, and sales experience to the market.
   
   QITC (http://www.qitc.ca) operates a 250+ node network from its Network Operations Centre located in Iqaluit Nunavut and Datacentres in Iqaluit Nunavut, Toronto Ontario, and Vancouver British Columbia. QITC provides Hosted Application, Hosted Server, and co-location services and provides broadband networking service to Residential, Commercial and Government agencies. QITC is the QINIQ broadband (http://iqaluit.qiniq.com) community service provider (CSP) to the Iqaluit Nunavut region.

JOINT VENTURES

1. ENVIRONMENTAL

• Qikiqtaaluk Environmental (QE)

  Qikiqtaaluk Environmental was established as a joint venture with Sinanni Inc., to take advantage of opportunities in environmental remediation of mines, DEW line sites, and other contaminated sites. QE started operations in 2004-05.

• Pan Arctic Inuit Logistics Corporation (PAIL)

  PAIL is a joint venture between Nunasi Corporation, Makivik Corporation, Inuvialuit Development Corporation, Labrador Inuit Development Corporation, Kitikmeot Corporation and Sakku Investment Corporation.  The intent and purpose of PAIL is to seek contracts for the operation and maintenance of the North Warning System.

2. SHIPPING

• Nunavut Umiaq Corporation

  Presently, the three shareholders of Nunavut Umiaq are Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Sakku Investment Corporation and Makivik Corporation.  These three Inuit companies are the majority partners in Nunavut Eastern Artic Shipping Inc. joint venture with Transport Nanuk Inc.

• Transport Umialarik Incorporated

  Transport Umialarik Inc is a joint venture between Nunavut Umiaq (see above) and Transport Nanuk.  It was formed to purchase a vessel known as the M/V Umiavut.

• Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Incorporated (NEAS)

  NEAS is a joint venture between Nunavut Umiaq (NUC) and Transport Nanuk. The company secured a transportation service contract with the Government of Nunavut to service High Arctic and certain South Baffin communities for this summer and 2006.  The contract provided NEAS with a small profit in 2004-05; other profit centres for the company were its marshalling operation in Montreal and off-season international charters.

3. FISHERIES

• Baffin Fisheries Coalition (BFC)

  Qikiqtaaluk Corporation is a member organization of the Baffin Fisheries Coalition.  The eleven founding members of the Baffin Fisheries Coalition include Hunters and Trappers Organizations of Pond Inlet, Clyde River Pangnirtung, Iqaluit and Kimmirut.  The other non-HTO organizations are Cumberland Sound Fisheries, Pangnirtung Fisheries, Aqviq Marine, Kabva Marine, and Qikiqtaaluk Corporation. 
  
  

  The purpose of this organization is to develop the turbot fishery in Nunavut associated with exploratory fishing, development of inshore and offshore fisheries, recruitment and training, investment in fishing vessel, access for fishing quotas, and encouraging scientific research in the Nunavut fishery.

• Unaaq Fisheries

  Unaaq Fisheries Inc. is held equally between Qikiqtaaluk Corporation and Makivik Corporation and holds a license to fish for shrimp in the Northern Shrimp Fishery in the Canadian waters. Unaaq has entered into an Agreement with Clearwater Atlantic Seafood Inc., which terminates at the end of 2015 fishing year.  Unaaq Fisheries also has a long-term fishing agreement with Clearwater Deep Sea Trawlers to the end of fishing year 2015.

4. CONSTRUCTION AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT

• Nunavut Investment Group, Inc. (NIG)

  Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Sakku Investments Corporation, Kitikmeot Corporation and Nunasi Corporation are the owners of NIG. The Nunavut Construction Corporation (NCC) is a subsidiary of NIG.

  The main project now underway with NIG/NCC is the construction of the second phase of the Inuksugait Plaza in Iqaluit.

• Toromont Arctic Ltd.

  Toromont is a joint venture between Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Sakku Investment Corporation, Kitikmeot Corporation and Toromont Cat, the Caterpillar Dealer for Nunavut, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Eastern Labrador., Toromont Cat. Toromont Arctic Ltd (originally Powell Arctic Ltd.) was set up to sell, rent, and provide customer support services for new and used equipment.

5. FUEL DISTRIBUTION

• Nunavut Petroleum Corporation (NPC)

  NPC is a joint venture between Qikiqtaaluk Corporation and Nunasi Corporation and was formed for the purpose of entering into a joint venture to carry on the business engaged in the supply and delivery of refined petroleum products in and around Iqaluit.

• Uqsuq Corporation

  Uqsuq Corporation is a joint venture between Nunavut Petroleum Corporation and Frontec Service Limited.  Uqsuq was formed for the purpose of carrying on a business in the supply and delivery of refined petroleum products in and around Iqaluit.

6. PATIENT CARE

• Larga Baffin

  Larga Baffin is a joint venture between Larga Services Corporation and Qikiqtaaluk Corporation.  The purpose of Larga Baffin is to provide for the accommodation and transportation of Nunavut patients in Ontario.

  Larga Baffin has been very successful over the past year, but has been experiencing some problems as a result of the increased occupancy by patients, escorts, and families.  Larga and QC staff members have been working with the Government of Nunavut to explore the possibility of developing a new facility in south Ottawa. Although use is expected to drop off somewhat with the completion of the Qikiqtani General Hospital, the Board of Larga Baffin anticipates continuing profitability.