As Baffinland goes, so goes Nunavut

As Baffinland goes, so goes Nunavut

Baffinland’s Mary River Mine is a bit like Nunavut’s General Motors — so integral to the territory’s economy that the company’s success goes hand in hand with its fortunes. General Motors has been so closely linked with the U.S. economy since the 1950s that the phrase “What’s good for GM is good for the country” came to dominate political and business thinking. There’s a similar relationship between Baffinland and Nunavut. Iron mining at the Mar…