Every second taxi driver is selling liquor, and the only way we can get them is if someone goes and buys a bottle and comes to us and says, 'Here's the bottle, I just bought it off him five minutes ago,' and they're prepared to go and testify. Police complain that the wording of the liquor control legislation, inherited from the Northwest Territories, is so vague that it's impossible to enforce. First of all the penalties are very very lax, so a bootlegger who brings in a dozen bottles, he just has to sell one bottle to pay his fine. Certain liquor permitting provisions of the Act are also a nuisance. A permit to import liquor into Iqaluit, for instance, where liquor retail sales have been banned since 1976, is supposed to expire after one year.
Import permits elsewhere in Nunavut expire after three months.
It's widely known that many otherwise law-abiding residents don't bother to renew their permits. These materials may not be reprinted for commercial publication in print, or any other media, without the permission of the publisher. No - I'll continue to fly as usual. Somewhat - I may think about cancelling some trips. Yes - I will travel only when I have to.