IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut voters have decisively rejected allowing municipalities to sell land to private citizens or businesses.
In a plebiscite held on Monday, the idea was voted down in every one of the territory's 25 communities.
It wasn't even close with 80 per cent of those who voted saying no.
Even in Iqaluit, which has the most highly developed real-estate market in Nunavut, voters rejected the notion by more than 2-1.
Nunavut municipalities are not allowed to sell land they control and can only offer potential buyers long-term leases.
A yes vote would have led to municipal councils being able to sell land outright.
The issue of private land ownership is common to almost all aboriginal communities across Canada.
