Anawak launches political comeback

Former Liberal MP Jack Anawak has decided he'd like to have his old job back, representing Nunavut in Ottawa.

The 56-year-old announced Tuesday he is going to make a bid for theLiberal nomination, replacing outgoing Nunavut MP Nancy Karetak-Lindell, whowill not run in the next federal election.

Karetak-Lindell has held the seat since replacing Anawak in 1997. He was the MP for Nunatsiaq for two terms beginning in 1988.

Since then he has served as a territorial MLA and most recently as ambassador of circumpolar affairs, a job he lost last year when the Conservatives came to power in Ottawa.

As ambassador, he represented northern Canada on the Arctic Council and had a role in developing a system to measure the impacts of climate change on the North.

Anawakis currently studying business law, ethics and economics.