Scouting and Guiding in Nunavut Scouting and Guiding in Nunavut Scouting in Nunavut did not develop until 1970, as a section of the Northwest Territories of Canada. The Northwest Territories Council of Scouts Canada was founded in 1970, with Denny R. May, son of pilot Wop May, as Executive Director. May also designed the logo for the Council, which depicts three Inuit in a circle with their hands linked in brotherhood. The Nunavut-specific design borrows the polar bear from the local government. When the Northwest Territories was divided and the new territory of Nunavut was created in 1999, the Council was renamed as the NWT
Elections in Canada the same plurality voting system used in federal elections. Elections are monitored and organized, however, by independent provincial election commissions, and a province may legally change their electoral system should they wish to do so, without requiring permission from the federal government. In the territories of Northwest Territories and Nunavut, elections are held using the consensus government model. Since 2001, most Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories have passed laws establishing fixed election dates, in most cases calling for elections every four years on a specific day and month. All Canadian provinces and Yukon, have electoral systems dominated by major