Former NDP Nunavut MP Lori Idlout, who recently crossed the floor to join the Carney government, was forced to reimburse the House of Commons after she purchased artwork from her own business.

Idout is the sole proprietor of Carvings Nunavut, “an Inuk-owned family business based in the core of Iqaluit”, which sells sculptures made from “local materials like soapstone (serpentine), granite, jade, marble, caribou antler, whale bone, and ivory.”