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If you want to comment on that, I now give you the opportunity to do so.
As my ministerial colleague indicated, we are looking at a completion date of 2019.
I can’t give you an exact date, but I can say that the completion is slated to be in the fall of 2019.
The school (interpretation ends) will be closed in, (interpretation) in the winter of 2017, which was already stated.
We are ahead of schedule by about a year.
I would like to hope that the school will be open for the 2019 school year.
That’s what I’m hoping for.
Moving on to a different item, under Item 2 there are many different projects listed there.
In relation to Cape Dorset, after the school fire, there were portables installed. There’s $5 million budgeted for that purpose and you’re carrying over almost $200,000.
Was that project more or less on budget? I know it is already installed and being put to good use. The high school students in Cape Dorset and the staff appreciate the portable… .
Given the budget, did it go over or under or pretty well on budget?
As I said, this entire project, although it was a tragic event that it burned down and disrupted the community and the school students, it is a good news story because we have been able to, with some good timing, expedite the construction of the new school and also to get those portables in when we did, even though there were a few hiccups there as well.
With the project itself, the portables project, there were no problems. It’s on budget. The $189,000, it looks like it’s… .
The project was completed in October 2016 and that’s the warranty stage type work.
Still related to the same incident, the school fire left a hole in the community, which took the time for the government to arrange for the site to be cleaned up. Now it is cleaned up and it happened last summer.
Now with the clean site, I have heard just walking by the site too and heard from some people say, especially I think it was in the spring during the thaw, they could see some type of liquid or it might have been a septic tank that had seeped underground and you can smell it even.
Was that part of the cleanup of the Cape Dorset school site?
Was that part of the work that had to be done in order for the project to be completed?
Hon. Keith Peterson: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank Mr. Joanasie for his comments and concern.
The information we have is that there is the site cleanup and it has been completed. It is now in the warranty stage.
If there is any local information or concerns about fuel smells, I would urge Mr. Joanasie or the community to contact the appropriate officials in the Department of Community and Government Services and the Department of Education to alert them to any potential cleanup issues.
Yes, I will bring it up with the other, different ministers involved, but it was something that was brought up to me personally. I know the space where the school was is now open and it’s to be used for other potential infrastructure for the community.
Before that happens, I just want to make sure that it’s completely void of either contamination or deficiencies that will delay construction of a new facility in the future.
That’s just a comment and that’s all for now.
That was just a comment and I don’t think you’re expecting a response.
I’ll just continue with my list of names. Ms. Angnakak.
On page 9 under Item 3, the issue of the Iqaluit Joamie School safe student drop-off is here for $21,000.
It is an issue that I brought up last year, I think, with the minister or maybe even a couple years ago now. I’m wondering: is the $21,000 a remainder or is it the budget?
That is the remainder. I think the original budget was $70,000, so the $21,000 is the carryover amount.
If that is the remainder, what was the $70,000 spent on?
I don’t see anything at all at the Joamie School that is different than how it has always been.
It’s our understanding that this is the planning money.
At some point they will have to move forward with non-planning money.
Chairman: Like the actual work?
Can the minister tell us if he knows when that is going to happen once this planning is completed?
I believe it is currently underway and I also believe that it’s not simply a matter of how the government and their consultants can work on this.
I was talking to the CGS official the other day on this project and they also have to work with the city planning folks as well on how the road entrances and exits work.
They will have to sort all of that out. I don’t have a timeline on that.
My question is on page 8. It has to do with the Gjoa Haven school renovation.
In your substantiation sheet you have a comment on the bottom, “This is a multi-year school renovation and addition project and is now in the warranty stage.”
I just wanted to know what that means.
Well, I’m not sure I can clarify it any more than that.
It is for these major projects. It takes several years to complete the construction and then there is usually a warranty period so that the government and the contractor can identify any deficiencies or systems that aren’t working properly, and then the contractor can fix them up.
That would be that.
The project seems to be complete and they say it’s in the warranty stage. I don’t have details exactly of how long the warranty is or what specific items might be covered under warranty.
My first question is on page 8, the Jonah Amitnaaq School, $861,000. I believe they will be fixing the roof.
Is the work going to be done this spring or summer?
The anticipated completion date, according to the planners who work, the project managers, would be 2017-18.
I don’t know if that would be this summer, but they indicated that timing was an issue for the tender and then the availability of the supplies caused a delay.
If those are rectified, then they should be able to complete it in this fiscal year.
Right below that, they will be painting the interior of both schools in Baker Lake at a cost of $299,000.
Are they going to be painting both schools at the same time and will it be done this year?
Yes, the anticipated completion date is this current fiscal year.
Mr. Mikkungwak (interpretation): Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I also thank the minister for his response.
On page 9 is the Baker Lake New Middle School, $191,000, I would like to get an explanation of what that means.
There’s a lot to read down here in this briefing note.
If I understand the way it’s written, they want to provide some accessibility for students and the public into the school.
They say, “…to demonstrate a commitment to the needs of the local DEA, school staff and students.”
That’s if they make it more accessible for people who have issues with getting up the stairs or through doors. I think they say that the anticipated completion date is the summer of 2017, probably between school years.
I seem to understand that people with disabilities will be able to access the first and second floors with a chairlift without having to use the stairs.
My question is whether it will only be for the inside of the school or both inside the school as well as outside. I would like to know exactly where the work will be done.
We don’t have that level of detail, but they indicate that they are chairlifts.
I better not guess on this, so I’ll let the minister... .
A chairlift would probably be inside the school and then ramps would be outside the school.
You push up and then you get in. If you’ve got to get to the second floor inside the school, then you would need a chairlift. I’ll defer that answer to Minister Quassa.
Minister Quassa, I’ll allow you to elaborate further on that.
It’s for people who are in wheelchairs. It will be made accessible for the interior and exterior of the building.
There will be a chairlift inside the school and ramps outside.
That’s exactly what it means.
It was clear and understandable.
Now my follow-up question is this: in looking at both schools’ entrances, it is required by legislation that more than one entrance has to be in place in case of emergencies.
I wonder if both entrances will have chairlifts or if only one part of the school will get this equipment.
Minister Quassa has that information, so I’ll have to defer that to him.
If I understood correctly, if there’s an exit door at the front and back, I believe you’re asking about accessibility at both doors.
The accessibility ramp is usually located at the entranceway of the schools.
I can elaborate further, but the ramps are mainly used at the entranceway.
Chairman (interpretation): Thank you, Minister Quassa. If you think you will need to explain that further, we will expect it once you have looked into it.
We’re on page 9 and it continues from page 8. It reads, Education. Capital.
Not Previously Authorized. Total Corporate Services. $17,890,000. Total Department.
Not Previously Authorized. $17,890,000. Do you agree?
Page 10. It reads, Health. Capital.
Not Previously Authorized. Total Directorate. $9,118,000. Total Department.
Not Previously Authorized. $9,118,000.
It reads, Environment. Capital. Not Previously Authorized.
Total Program Management. $1,364,000. Total Department. $1,364,000.
Turn the page. Page 12.
It reads, Community and Government Services. Capital. Not Previously Authorized.
It continues on page 13.
Total Local Government Services.
I almost got tired.
No. 12 under Item 2 where it says, “Preplanning Studies,” of a little over $1 million, I’m wondering: how many projects is that covering?
We’re going to have to get that list and provide it to you. We don’t have that here.
We will expect the list.
It would be ideal if we can get it as soon as possible.
We’re on page 13.
An Hon. Member: 12.
Chairman (interpretation): 12.
I just have one question for clarification on page 12. (interpretation ends) “Nunavut Crush Granular Various,” (interpretation) which communities is that going to?
Hon. Keith Peterson: I apologize, Mr. Chairman. I didn’t catch the question clearly.
Could Mr. Mapsalak repeat that, please?
Chairman (interpretation): Mr. Mapsalak, please restate your question because the minister didn’t quite hear it.
On page 12, the second item, $4,337,000, it doesn’t identify which communities it will be going to because it says, “Various.”
Which communities in Nunavut will the funding be going to?
If that’s clearer now, Minister Peterson.
I’m going to defer that question to Minister Savikataaq to respond to.
Minister Savikataaq, if you would like to respond, please go ahead.
The granular capital project is for all the municipalities in Nunavut.
In order to access the funds, the municipality has to also come up with their own funds.
For some of the communities that want to get in on it, if they’re in a deficit, then they can’t until they are out of the deficit.
This program is open to all the municipalities.
Mr. Enook (interpretation): Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 45 and would like to report progress.
Bill 44 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2017-2018 – Third Reading
I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Arviat South, that Bill 44, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2017-2018, be read for the third time.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) This House stands adjourned until Friday, June 2, at 9:00 a.m.
>>House adjourned at 17:04
Friday, June 2, 2017
Pages 4316 – 4355
Opening Prayer 4316
Ministers’ Statements 4316
Members’ Statements 4321
Oral Questions 4322
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 4339
Report of the Committee of the Whole 4354
Orders of the Day 4354
Friday, June 2, 2017 4316
307 – 4(3): Voices from Nunavut (Quassa) 4316
308 – 4(3): Support for the Fishing Industry (Savikataaq) 4317
309 – 4(3): Nunavut Nurse Receives Health Canada Award (Hickes) 4317
310 – 4(3): Introducing the Career Broadening Program (Taptuna) 4318
311 – 4(3): Nunavut Law Program (Quassa) 4319
312 – 4(3): Inuinnauyugut – We are Inuinnait Exhibit Opening at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Kuksuk) 4319
313 – 4(3): Community Freezer Projects (Ell-Kanayuk) 4320
567 – 4(3): Kananginak Pootoogook Venice Art Exhibit (Joanasie) 4321
568 – 4(3): Update on 2017 Pangnirtung Fishery (Mike) 4321
745 – 4(3): Dust Control Initiatives (Mikkungwak) 4322
746 – 4(3): Vacant Staff Housing Units (Enook) 4324
747 – 4(3): Premier’s Appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (Angnakak) 4325
748 – 4(3): Improving Health Care Services (Shooyook) 4328
749 – 4(3): Crime Prevention Initiatives (Joanasie) 4331
750 – 4(3): Meeting the Needs of Nunavut Seniors (Sammurtok, A) 4333
751 – 4(3): Need for a Kivalliq Elders Facility (Sammurtok, T) 4335
752 – 4(3): Nunavut Housing Corporation Capital Plan (Mikkungwak) 4337
Bill 45 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 2, 2017-2018 –Consideration in Committee 4340
Speaker (interpretation): Good morning, my fellow Nunavummiut. Members, ministers, (interpretation ends) Premier, (interpretation) and visitors, welcome to the House.
Minister’s Statement 307 – 4(3): Voices from Nunavut (Quassa)
Mr. Speaker, I stand before you and my fellow members today to tell you about Voices from Nunavut: A Canada 150 Signature Project.
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to say that our youth continue to show appreciation for our culture and heritage.
Through the Voices from Nunavut project, youth from our various communities shared with other Nunavut communities and the rest of the country what our territory feels like, sounds like, and looks like in 2017.
With the concerted efforts of community members, students, and teachers, 27 videos were produced that feature the beauty of our land and culture.
These videos highlight and celebrate Inuit culture like seal hunting, throat singing, and community events. There are also clips that feature our elders.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend the invaluable work of the teachers and instructors in all 25 Nunavut communities who have supported their students in creating videos to describe what is special about their community.
I would also like to thank the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum for initiating and making this project a reality.
It is a wonderful way to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday.
Mr. Speaker, Voices from Nunavut is on exhibit at the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum. I invite you and my fellow members to view this commendable body of work that will be featured throughout the month of June.
Minister’s Statement 308 – 4(3): Support for the Fishing Industry (Savikataaq)
As all hon. members know, Nunavut has tremendous untapped potential in its fishing industry.
The industry is continuing to grow in a sustainable manner with increasing Inuit involvement at all levels.
An expanded fishing industry will provide additional economic opportunities for all Nunavummiut.
The Department of Environment, working collaboratively with industry, co-management partners, and the federal government, continues to encourage and support a viable, sustainable fishing industry.
The recent federal announcement on Nunavut Inuit being eligible for aboriginal funding is welcomed.
Mr. Speaker, the Fisheries Development and Diversification Program is the Government of Nunavut’s primary means of strategically investing in building the fisheries knowledge base and supporting industry and community-led initiatives to develop Nunavut fisheries.
The annual territorial budget for this program of $525,000 is more than quadrupled by external funding the department is able to leverage.
Mr. Speaker, $150,000 is contributed annually to the Nunavut Fisheries and Marine Training Consortium to ensure that Inuit are working on the vessels and in the fishing industry.
We have seen an increase in Inuit participation in the industry in recent years.
Our government’s renewed Fisheries Strategy outlines many of the ways we continue to support the offshore industry and all sustainable fisheries development across the territory.
Mr. Speaker, we aim to secure a larger representative share of adjacent fisheries resources and to access fair funding to grow our fisheries. We are committed to working diligently towards securing the infrastructure needed and to support good science that will ensure the sustainable development of this sector for the future benefit of all Nunavummiut.
Mr. Speaker, working in close collaboration with the Nunavut Offshore Allocation Holders Association, the federal government, and the fishing industry, Nunavut is positioning itself to realize the full economic value of the importance of this resource.
Hon. Minister of Health, Hon. George Hickes.
Minister’s Statement 309 – 4(3): Nunavut Nurse Receives Health Canada Award (Hickes)
Members have often heard of me speak of the exceptional work it takes to provide health care in Nunavut.
I am very pleased to share with my colleagues today that during Nursing Week, one of our Nunavut nurses, Ms. Terrilynn Flynn, a nurse at Qikiqtani General Hospital (QGH), was one of only three nurses in Canada to receive the Award of Excellence in Nursing.
This award recognizes distinguished service and outstanding contributions. Ms. Flynn was honoured by Health Canada May 8, 2017 for her work in indigenous communities.
Mr. Speaker, Ms. Flynn received her Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing from Western Regional School of Nursing in 2010. She has been a nurse in Nunavut since 2012.
Early in her career in Newfoundland she demonstrated a passion for critical care nursing. Ms. Flynn brought that passion to Nunavut and the QGH, where she can often be found in the emergency department taking care of traumas and providing dignified care to Nunavummiut.
Mr. Speaker, Terrilynn has not only served the QGH, but has also served as a community health nurse at various community health centres in the Qikiqtaaluk region.
She has mentored and shared her leadership and nursing skills with nursing students and new graduates from the Nunavut Arctic College Nursing Program.
Ms. Flynn demonstrates a strong sense of the importance of cultural safety and sensitivity. She has taken steps to learn Inuktitut through formal and informal training and is regarded and trusted by elders and families within her care.
Mr. Speaker, Terrilynn leads by example for nurses in Nunavut. I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Terrilynn and to thank her for her outstanding contribution to health care in Nunavut.
Hon. Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs, Hon. Peter Taptuna.
Minister’s Statement 310 – 4(3): Introducing the Career Broadening Program (Taptuna)
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, the Government of Nunavut is committed to building an effective and functional public service that is responsive to the public it serves by facilitating career growth and development opportunities.
As Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs, I am happy to introduce the new Career Broadening Program for Inuit Government of Nunavut employees who want to acquire or broaden their work-related skills, develop management skills and experience, or fill special project leadership roles.
Mr. Speaker, by increasing the skills and knowledge of Inuit employees, the Career Broadening Program will also facilitate departments and corporations to achieve their Inuit Employment Plan objectives.
Casual, term, or indeterminate Government of Nunavut Inuit employees may apply to this program where my staff will work with other departments to set up learning objectives and workplace experience in the field of their interest.
Mr. Speaker, Career Broadening Program participants will return to their departments when the assignment is over with skills and experience that will help them to successfully compete for management or indeterminate positions.
The Government of Nunavut recognizes the need for qualified Inuit in our organization in professional and leadership roles. We are committed to providing programs like the Career Broadening Program to help us build a representative public service.
Minister’s Statement 311 – 4(3): Nunavut Law Program (Quassa)
I rise in the House this morning to inform my fellow members of the developments with the new Nunavut Law Program being delivered next September in Iqaluit in partnership with the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan.
It is with great pleasure that I am sharing with my fellow members that the admission of students is now officially completed. There have been 25 Nunavummiut who have accepted the offer to be admitted into the Nunavut Law Program.
It is also with great pleasure that I would like to underline that 18 of 25 are Nunavut Inuit. The remaining seven are long-time residents of Nunavut.
It is also with great pleasure to inform my fellow members that the new northern director of the law program has officially started working.
Mr. Stephen Mansell is currently working out of Nunatta Campus here in Iqaluit and will be responsible for the management of the program and working with Nunavut Arctic College and the College of Law to ensure a smooth delivery of the program and provide the necessary support and advice to students and staff.
Mr. Mansell is a graduate of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, and was previously working at the Department of Justice for the last nine years, most recently as the director, policy and planning.
Mr. Speaker and fellow members, we look forward to welcoming the next group of Nunavut lawyers and for them to start on this important journey in their personal and academic careers.
Minister of Culture and Heritage, George Kuksuk.
Minister’s Statement 312 – 4(3): Inuinnauyugut – We are Inuinnait Exhibit Opening at the Canadian Museum of Nature (Kuksuk)
Good morning, my fellow Nunavummiut and fellow residents of Arviat. Have a good weekend, those who are watching the proceedings and all Nunavummiut.
Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to congratulate the Kitikmeot Heritage Society, or KHS, on an exhibition opening at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa on June 21.
The exhibition will run for one year.
The exhibition is called Inuinnauyugut – We are Inuinnait, and will be on display in the new permanent gallery in the museum, the Canada Goose Arctic Voices Gallery. (interpretation ends) The exhibition is curated by the Kitikmeot Heritage Society and focuses on the centennial anniversary of Inuinnait contact with the western world.
Included on display are resources that local community members have created.
The Kitikmeot Heritage Society is sending a delegation of community members to the opening ceremony.
(interpretation) Mr. Speaker, the Department of Culture and Heritage has long provided funding to the Kitikmeot Heritage Society, including operational funding, library and radio funding, and also special project funding.
Mr. Speaker, congratulations to the Kitikmeot Heritage Society for the work they are doing in Cambridge Bay and in the Kitikmeot. I would like my colleagues to join me in congratulating them.
Minister’s Statement 313 – 4(3): Community Freezer Projects (Ell-Kanayuk)
I rise today to report on some of the progress the Department of Economic Development and Transportation has made in support of harvesting activities across Nunavut.
As my colleagues are aware, through the Country Food Distribution Program, the department is mandated to promote harvesting skills and support community-based solutions to increase local economic development through access to country food.
The department provided significant support to recently completed community freezer projects in Arviat and Sanikiluaq.
I am also pleased to report that there are freezer projects in Pond Inlet, Taloyoak, and Arctic Bay that are set to begin construction this summer.
Where possible, these projects are jointly funded by the federal Growing Forward 2 program.
The department has recently refined the program by increasing the maximum annual funding amounts for both community harvesting activities as well as infrastructure projects, such as community freezers.
Eligibility has also been expanded to both municipalities and hunters and trappers organizations.
Mr. Speaker, this is an important program which will continue to make country food more accessible to Nunavummiut.
Member’s Statement 567 – 4(3): Kananginak Pootoogook Venice Art Exhibit (Joanasie)
Good morning to my colleagues and to the people of Nunavut, Kimmirut, and Cape Dorset.