Todd is a popular business leader in northern Canada and is popular among the Inuit for using his private development corporation to help Rankin Inlet become a leading centre of commerce in Nunavut.
[1] As Finance Minister, Todd worked hard to help establish the Nunavut territorial government.
He negotiated an initial transfer of $626 million with the Government of Canada that worked out to $22,000 for every person for the 1999 fiscal year in the Nunavut territory.
Todd was also responsible for eliminating the Northwest Territories budget deficits.
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