On April 14, Inatsisartut will meet for the Spring Meeting. A long meeting, which is scheduled to run until June 18.
48 new items have been included from members of Inatsisartut, 33 new items from Naalakkersuisut and then 66 postponed items from the Autumn Meeting 2025 will be processed. A total of 147 items, writes the chairman of Inatsisartut, Kim Kielsen, in a press release.
Sermitsiaq has reviewed the items and compiled an overview of some of the bills on the agenda.
New name for Sikuki Nuuk Harbour
Naalakkersuisoq for Social Affairs, Labour Market, Housing, Infrastructure and Outlying Districts, Aqqaluaq B. Egede (IA), proposes that SIKUKI Nuuk Harbour be given a new name and given the authority to acquire and operate ports outside Nuuk.
This may sound familiar. The item was also on the agenda for the 2025 Autumn Session, but was removed without explanation on the day it was to be discussed.
Now the proposal is back. As it stands now, it is only in Nuuk that the self-government-owned Nuuk Sikuki Harbour operates a port on commercial terms, but if the bill is implemented, this can be extended to the rest of the country.
By introducing commercial port operations, Sikuki can introduce user fees in the form of port charges in the ports to finance operation and maintenance.
According to the submission note for the proposal, the self-government-owned ports had a maintenance backlog of 270 million kroner as of 2021. The idea of operating ports commercially in the rest of the country is also that it will not burden the national treasury.
"One advantage of giving Sikuki Ports A/S the authority to acquire and operate ports outside Nuuk is that everyone can benefit from Sikuki Ports A/S' experience and expertise in port operations. This advantage will benefit all citizens.
By transferring selected self-government-owned ports to Sikuki, it will be possible to realize the maintenance backlog, as Sikuki will be able to operate the selected ports on commercial terms," it says.
At the same time, the company will be renamed Sikuki Ports A/S.
The item will be discussed in the chamber on April 30th.
Decriminalize cannabis
Chairman of Atassut Aqqalu C. Jerimiassen has also made a number of proposals, including that cannabis should be decriminalized.
The idea is that cannabis should be sold through state-owned or state-approved sales outlets. A bit like a pub, he writes.
In the motion for a resolution, he states that this is not to increase drug use in the country – quite the opposite in fact.
“By decriminalizing cannabis and limiting its use to specially approved places, we can ensure that the money generated goes directly to the healthcare system and treatment services. This should be seen as part of the fight against abuse – not an acceptance of it,” it says.
Aqqalu C. Jerimiassen refers to data from other places that have legalized cannabis, showing that drug-related crime has decreased and the number of stronger drugs in circulation has been reduced.
The item will be discussed in the chamber on May 6th.
Registration of indigenous population in Greenland
Of the total of 147 items, Naleraq accounts for 41 of them.
Among these items is a proposal that sounds familiar. Party leader Pele Broberg wants Inatsisartut to order Naalakkersuisut to carry out a data-based registration of the indigenous population in Greenland.
Pele Broberg has previously proposed an Inuit register. In 2023, he proposed that Naalakkersuisut create a Greenlandic register of Inuit based on voluntary registration and an associated electoral register.
The IA and Siumut eventually proposed an amendment that obliged Naalakkersuisut to make a statement on the consequences of and need for a Greenlandic register of Inuit.
In his new proposal, Pele Broberg writes that if Inatsisartut is to comply with current law and rights, they are forced to create a record of Inuit in Greenland.
He refers to ILO Convention No. 169. However, it does not mention a record or register, but it states that self-identification as belonging to an indigenous people shall be considered a fundamental criterion for determining the groups covered by the Convention.
Pele Broberg's proposal does not directly state what the data collection shall be used for or how the registration shall take place.
"In order for us to secure rights, it is time to establish a systematic data collection for the indigenous people "Inuit" in Greenland. The world says so. Our law says so. The institutions say so. We owe it to our people," writes Pele Broberg.
The time limit, pension scheme and firearms law
As I said, there are 66 points that were discussed at the autumn session last year, and now need to be finalized.
Among these is the proposal that the majority of Greenland should return to the old time zone UTC-3. Both Naleraq and Siumut have suggested this. The item was sent for consideration in the Law Committee after the 1st reading on 14 October 2025.
Another proposal is a change to the mandatory pension scheme, which was a major issue in the election campaign last year. Naalakkersuisut is now proposing a reduction of civil servants' savings obligation and a temporary suspension of collection via tax card and tax ticket. The item was first considered on 11 November and referred to the Finance and Tax Committee.
Last but not least, the proposal for a new weapons law must be considered. It has been over 30 years since Greenland last adopted a new weapons law. This proposal includes among other things raising the age limit for possession of firearms to 15 years and introducing stricter requirements for how weapons and ammunition must be stored. The proposal has been submitted by naalakkersuisoq for fisheries, hunting, agriculture and self-sufficiency, Peter Borg (D). The item was first considered on 1 October and referred to the Law Committee.
