Premier P.J. Akeeagok said in a statement early Wednesday afternoon that Joelie Kaernerk resigned voluntarily, after Akeeagok stripped him of his cabinet portfolios over a code of conduction violation.
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Fewer than half of the 14,000 eligible Nunavut voters turned out Monday to elect new members of their legislative assembly, the sixth since the creation of the territory in 1999.