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Mr. Chairman, is Mr. Rose saying that these dollars are used in order for the department, is it the department or the DEC’s that go around and evaluate the programs that are in the schools right now, Thank you Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Rose: My understanding would be that it is for use by the DEC’s.
Mr. Chairman, we have all heard this afternoon concerns over the school system.
If this assessment has been going on I am wondering if the department has a summary of what some of these assessments of the curriculum programs in the schools have been over the past.
Chairperson: Mr. Rose. Mr. Arvaluk.
Hon. James Arvaluk: Those information would be available, or would be made available through the Boards.
Chairperson (interpretation): Is that it. Mr. Tootoo.
Does the department do anything to monitor and ensure that any corrections that may be identified in these studies with the Boards do they convey their findings to the department and do they monitor to make sure that the department follow up to ensure that they are getting the best bang for their buck in the school system.
Hon. James Arvaluk: I will ask Mr. Moody to answer that one, monitoring.
Mr. Moody: Thank you Mr. Chairman.
The answer is yes as we move into the first few months of our new department we will be working with all three boards as part of the integration project with our implementation co-ordinator to see how we can best integrate all of these services so that in fact we won’t have three different activities by three different boards, as is now the case.
We will integrate the activities that they are doing on a cross Nunavut basis and those services will in fact, approximately a year from now, become a part of the department of Education.
So yes that type of integration will improve over the next year, year plus.
Chairperson (interpretation): Back to the main estimates. 9 – 12 was details of grants and contributions.
Mr. Iqaqrialu (interpretation): Mr. Chairman, thank you I had my had up before regarding the employment programs there is only 300 thousand in there and I am sure that it covers the whole of the Nunavut area.
It looks quite small.
Chairperson (interpretation): Mr. Iqaqrialu must have a lot of money because he says that 300 thousand dollars is too small.
Hon. James Arvaluk: These employment program is mostly for studies related to employment planning, language of instruction, long term capital planning, labour market needs analysis and funding for disabled peoples for 18K.
When you are looking at the whole Nunavut area, 300 thousand dollars is quite small.
When we are talking about different aspects of education I have been doing that sort of stuff for a long time and it is very, very hard to access funds from the government.
When you apply I am sure that it is going to be quite hard to access the dollars when you have so little slotted for certain programs and I want to reiterate that 300 thousand dollars is not big.
Hon. James Arvaluk (interpretation): It is just the name that doesn’t fit with what is in it.
It is not for employment it is more for studies and study programs and review.
For example to study school curriculum, language of instruction study, long term capital requirements, labour market needs study and also special education needs as well as a contribution to the Council for Disabled Persons.
It is more for studies than for employment.
Mr. Iqaqrialu (interpretation): Thank you for that clarification.
But I think that we should be careful when we use terms for disabled persons, I would suggest that we find an Inuktitut terminology that describes disabled person, without putting anybody down.
Chairperson (interpretation): Just a comment. Mr. Nutarak.
This 300 thousand dollars that Mr. Iqaqrialu thinks is too small, 9 – 9, so I would suggest that we move it to the Clyde River total.
Chairperson (interpretation): At this time moving on.
Chairperson (interpretation): Everybody has agreed already.
We will also have to decide what the committees’ wish is.
It is almost six o’clock.
Maybe extend the meeting.
Moving on to…Mr. Tootoo.
Mr. Tootoo: Mr. Chairman, could we finish off here so that we can meet our time lines.
Chairperson (interpretation): When it is six o’clock there has to be a motion if we are going to extend the meeting beyond six o’clock, there are quite a number of questions.
I will move that if we have to go past six o’clock that we do so to finish off the Department of Education.
Chairperson (interpretation): Are you agreed.
Okay we can have a meeting until midnight.
Did you want to take a break.
Some Members: No, no..
Chairperson (interpretation): Details of grants and contributions, information only.
Detail of grants and contributions, 9 – 14.
Mr. Iqaqrialu (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Chairman. 9 – 14 contracts for GNWT services.
It is slotted for 10 million 695 thousand, and that is quite a large chunk.
What kind of contracts are we talking about here.
Hon. James Arvaluk: Mr. Chairman, this is a contract with the GNWT for Nunavut services, payment of other Nunavut departments for services normally to Public Works for heating, water etc., for schools buildings and to support the repairs of any vehicles.
Do they not belong to the Nunavut Government now, these DPW and all those departments are they not a part of the Nunavut Government now.
Hon. James Arvaluk (interpretation): Mr. Chairman, no maybe we should just take out GNWT altogether and just call it contracted services, Nunavut services.
When you were on page 9 – 13, I was a little bit distracted by the Minister of Health, can I ask one question about 9 – 13, can I go back to it please for one question.
Chairperson (interpretation): Do you agree that Mr. McLean can go back to a previous page.
Agreed, go ahead Mr. McLean.
Mr. McLean: Thank you I will make it quick Mr. Chairman.
Early childhood programs, is that the funding of day cares in Nunavut, and if it is where can you get the information on funding day cares, because I didn’t know that Education funded day cares.
We were always looking for funding for day cares but we didn’t realize that the Education department have it.
Could I have that information.
Yes it is to support community day care programs, we support them in the communities of Cambridge Bay, Iqaluit.
Financial support for operations and programs.
Many day cares find support from other sources, user fees, to maintain service levels like those for communities.
I will provide the member, as soon as my ADM comes back from Gjoa Haven tomorrow I guess, she will start working on it.
I will provide that.
I would like to thank Mr. McLean for going back and pointing that out.
Mr. Chairman earlier on I asked about day care funding and the Assistant Deputy Minister indicated that the department administers this as a federal program.
I would just like to ask if this is what the department receives from the federal government for the funding of day cares or is this just something that is internal from within the department.
Hon. James Arvaluk: Mr. Chairman, I lost my main man who will be going to Gjoa Haven, who would answer that level of detail question.
If you will bear with me for five seconds I wonder if I could find somebody else.
Mr. Chairman, can I invite Glenn in the corner here so that he could answer on behalf of Carmen Levi.
Chairperson (interpretation): You have agreement.
You may go ahead and sit at the witness table.
Mr. Sargent, you may go ahead.
Mr. Sargent: Thank you. Mr. Chairman, Honourable members.
With respect to the day cares, as was just explained that was just funding to subsidize the operation.
There was a program from the federal government for day care that I believe is being sunsetted or closed, finished, completed in the year 1999-2000 and it is not a cost shared program any more.
These are monies that we are not getting from the federal government any more but money from within the department to support this activity.
Mr. Chairman, I think that all the members will agree with me that the availability of day care spaces.
Is the department is going to be looking at providing additional resources to this area and also will they be seeking to try and lobby the Federal counterpart into looking into securing more resources this area.
Hon. James Arvaluk: Mr. Chairman we certainly will review that .We'll try to find any way to find funds to have that realized but of course there is no guarantee because the it was a Federal Program and can this government afford that kind of a program like the Federal Government was running.
So all this has to be looked at.
I just want to ask a final question and is the Minister staff indicated that this program was ending this year.
Does that mean that these dollars will not be in next year's budget or will the daycares still continue to get the required support that they need or order to stay open in the future.
We should like to have them continued but this is a Federal Program.
Then…but we believe that they should continue also.
I think that's why it will be important for us to revisit that and see what other ways can this program be continued or be reactivated.
Maybe there is room to have discussion with the Federal counterparts in this area.
You know, I mean, we have to talk about that.
Mr. Chairman I guess this I'm glad this came up because it really concerns me.
If this funding is not there I'm pretty sure that these daycares will not be able to operate.
I urge the Minister to ensure that there is funding for them in the future and also I'd like to ask him if the Departments the daycares have been informed.
And if there is a possibility that they will not receive that funding that they do from the Government in the next year in order to give them sometime to take a look at the options facing them.
Hon. James Arvaluk: Mr. Chairman I'd like to make a quick correction here before it goes too far.
The one million, four hundred, sixteen thousand in the Details of Grants and Contributions for the Early Childhood Program is a Nunavut Government.
It's department money.
That should continue unless if you take it off.
Chairperson (interpretation): Once we finish the nine point thirteen we will take a 10 minutes break because I'm tired of sitting down.
I going to make a brief question.
It says GNWT.
We will have to take the GNWT off and put in Nunavut instead.
Chairperson (interpretation): Nine point three, it's just an information.
Mr. Iqaqrialu would you like to take the chairmanship. Mr. Iqaqrialu would you come up and take the Chairperson.
Because the members don't want to take a break..
>>Mr. Iqaqrialu takes the Chair.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you. Mr. Irqittuq.
Mr. Irqittuq (interpretation): We're almost at the end of Department of Education.
We are now on page 9-14.
Mr. Tootoo: Sorry Mr. Chairman.
One quick point here.
Is these contracted service with the west the Minister indicated that most of them are for building and vehicles and stuff like that.
It also indicates in there that certain professional services.
I'm wondering if you could provide us with a list of these services.
I don't need them right now but if we can be provided with that list.
Mr. Minister of Education.
Hon. James Arvaluk: Yeah, we can do that.
I have no more people on the list of names.
Going back to 9-14.
It's just an information item.
Others in agreement?
Chairperson (interpretation): Nine-fifteen.
Detailed work performed on behalf of third-parties.
Chairperson (interpretation): I'm going back to 9-3.
Detail of Expenditures.
Total Operations and Maintenance one thirty-two million, one hundred thirty-two thousand.
One hundred thirty-two million, one hundred thirty-two thousand.
Total Capital.
Total Expenditures.
Total Capital six million, four hundred seventy-one thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Total Expenditures one hundred thirty-eight.
Total Capital six million, four hundred, seventy-one thousand.
Some Members :Agreed.
Total Expenditures, one hundred thirty eight million, six hundred three.
Chairperson (interpretation): Detail for the Department.
Total Expenditures , Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): We have now completed the department.
Since we are concluded with this department what's your wish.
You wanted to complete this department, Mr. Tootoo.
I believe we finish the Department of Education and I'd like to move that we report progress.
I will rise and report progress.
Thank you very much to the Minister of Education and to his officials for an expedient completion of your department.
Speaker: Back to the orders of the day.
Item twenty, Report of the Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 1, 1999-2000 and Bill 2, and 3 also Standing Committee Report 1, 2, 3, and 4, and Mr. Speaker I move that Report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Seconder.
Mr. Akesuk seconds the motion.
Item 21, 3rd Reading of Bills, Item 22 Orders of the Day,
Orders of the Day for June 2, Wednesday, meeting of regular caucus 9 o’clock in the morning in the Cadet Hall.
Orders of the Day Wednesday June 2, 1999
Prayer  2.
Reports of Standing and Special Committees  12.
This house stands adjourned until Wednesday June 1, at 10.30 in the morning.
>>House Adjourned at 6.15 pm.
DAY 16
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999
Pages 706 - 774
Prayer 706
Ministers Statements 706
Members Statements 707
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 709  Returns to Written Questions 717
Petitions 718
Tabling of Documents 718
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 719
Report of the Committee of the Whole 773
Orders of the Day 773
Wednesday June 2, 1999 706
29 - 1 (2): Ministers Absent from the House (Ng) 706
30 - 1 (2): Nunavut Arts and Crafts Policy (Havioyak) 706
85 - 1(2): Recognition of Arctic Winter Games Host Society (Tootoo) 707
86 - 1 (2): Welcome Qannaaq Visitors to Nunavut (Nutarak) 707
87 - 1 (2): Northwestel Services (McLean) 707
88: 1 (2): Mr. Kattuk 's Birthday (Kilabuk) 708
89 - 1 (2): Promoting Inuit Culture (Iqaqrialu) 708
90 - 1 (2): Proud of Inuit Ministers (Irqittuq) 708
178 - 1 (2): Status of Question on Gravel Issue in Hall Beach (Irqittuq) 709
179 - 1 (2): Journeyman Training Facility for Nunavut (Irqittuq) 709
180 - 1 (2): Sealift Earlier in the Season (Iqaqrialu) 710
181 - 1 (2): Exploration in Keewatin Region (O'Brien) 710
182 - 1 (2): Inmate Concerns in Nunatsiaq News (Akesuk) 712
183 - 1 (2): Nunavut Products at Pan American Games (McLean) 713
184 - 1 (2): Cost of Living Subsidies (Kattuk) 714
185 - 1 (2): Whales Trapped near Grise Fiord (Nutarak) 714
186 - 1 (2): Cost of Food (O'Brien) 715
187 - 1 (2): Cost of Living Adjustments for Social Assistance (McLean) 716
188 - 1 (2): Subsidy Evaluation (Tootoo) 717
2 - 1 (2): Nunavut Share of the GNWT Surplus (Ng) 717
8 - 1 (2): Hall Beach School Extension (Irqittuq) 718
TABLING OF DOCUMENTS
17 - 1 (2): Private Business (Iqaqrialu) 718
36 – 1 (2): Appointments to Boards, Agencies and Other Bodies (O'Brien) 736
37 – 1 (2): Legislation Consultations (O'Brien) 736
38 – 1 (2): Mid Year Progress Report (O'Brien) 736  Wednesday June 2, 1999
Wednesday June 2, 1999
Mr. Olayuk Akesuk, Honourable Jack Anawak, Honourable James Arvaluk, Honourable Levi Barnabas, Honourable Donald Havioyak, Mr. David Iqaqrialu, Mr. Enoki Irqittuq, Mr. Peter Kattuk, Honourable Peter Kilabuk, Mr. Glenn McLean, Honourable Kelvin Ng, Mr. Jobie Nutarak, Mr. Kevin O’Brien, Mr. Hunter Tootoo.
Speaker (Mr. Barnabas) (interpretation): good morning.
Lets start with a prayer.
Speaker (interpretation): To our agenda.
Minister's Statements.
Item 2: Ministers Statements
Ministers Statement 29 - 1 (2): Ministers Absent from the House
Hon. Kelvin Ng: I would like to advise members that Premier Okalik, Minister Picco and Minister Thompson will be absent from the house today to attend the Kitikmeot leaders forum in Gjoa Haven today.
Two members, Mr. Alakannuark, and Mr. Puqiqnak, along with other Nunavut Government staff will attend the Kitikmeot Leaders Forum .
Speaker: Ministers' Statements.
Ministers Statement 30 - 1 (2): Nunavut Arts and Crafts Policy
I wish to advise members that I will be tabling a document later today in the house to invite the public for their input to start the process of drafting a Nunavut Arts Council Policy.
Mr. Speaker, the mandate the Nunavut Arts Council when approved by the Cabinet, will be to promote the arts in Nunavut.
It's objective is to assist those who want to promote their work.
Our department has been given until June 30, 1999 to finalize overall departmental policies for grants and contributions within the department.
I invite the public and interested organizations to submit their thoughts and ideas on Nunavut Arts Council before June 30, 1999.Koanna Uqaqti.
Speaker( interpretation) Thank you Mr. Havioyak.
Members' Statements Mr. Tootoo.
Item 3: Members Statements
Members' Statement 85 - 1(2): Recognition of Arctic Winter Games Host Society
Mr. Tootoo: Mr. Speaker, I am sure everyone is aware that the 2002 Arctic Winter Games will be co- hosted by Iqaluit and Nuuk, Greenland.
This is a historic event that will bring together athletes and young people from the circumpolar world.
It requires a great deal of planning and effort.
I am pleased to pay recognition to the members of the Iqaluit Host society for the games.
President, Jerry Ell, Vice President, Brenda Clark, and general manager, Gilbert Normandeau.
These members are ably supported by their directors, Brenda Clarke, Terry Chegwin, Marilyn Neely, Day St. Louis, Victor Tootoo, Jonah Kelley, and Mark Hickey.
Iqaluit town council will also be appointing four directors-at-large positions for this host committee. Over the next three years these people will be putting together the games.
I am confident that the people of Iqaluit will give the support that was shown in the preparation for Nunavut Day on April 1, 1999. I am also confident that the Government of Nunavut will give this historic event its full support.
>> Applause
Speaker( interpretation) Thank you Mr. Tootoo .
Members' Statement 86 - 1 (2): Welcome Qannaaq Visitors to Nunavut
Mr. Nutarak: Thank you Mr. Speaker.
During this week there are people from Qannaaq, Greenland who have been visiting my community of Pond Inlet.
Usually there is an exchange program each year.
Pond Inlet goes to Qannaaq and Qannaaq goes to Pond Inlet.
We had different dialects and we could not understand each other before but this has changed because of the exchange programs.
We would like to welcome them to Nunavut.
Members' Statements 87 - 1 (2): Northwestel Services
Mr. McLean: Today I would like to take this time to talk about Northwestel in Nunavut.
We all have to use this utility.
As customers we have very little to say about the level of service that we receive in the small communities from this company.
Mr. Speaker, my constituents are very frustrated with how long it takes to get a basic service like a phone line installed or a number changed.
Mr. Speaker, this is Nunavut and we will need this company and its service as we in all the smaller communities strive to enter the information highway in the next millennium.
>> Applause.
Chairperson ( interpretation): Thank you Mr. McLean.
Members' Statement 88: 1 (2): Mr. Kattuk 's Birthday
Hon. Peter Kilabuk: Thank you Mr. Chairman.
Yesterday we officially recognized my department's new official name.
June 1, 2000 is to far way to celebrate this coming birthday for our the department so I would like to say Happy Birthday to Mr. Kattuk
Chairperson: Thank you Mr. Kilabuk.
Members' Statement 89 - 1 (2): Promoting Inuit Culture
I would like to tell you a little story.
In the past our ancestors who lived to thrive and sustain their lives.
They were very hard working people.
Even though at times they would go through periods without food.
Around 1960s our Inuit culture and tradition was changing.
As of today now we are taking back our culture and tradition.
We are now promoting and developing our own culture.
I would like to state that I am very proud of that and I really appreciate that.
Thank You Mr. Speaker.
Speaker( interpretation) Thank you Mr. Iqaqrialu.
Mr. Irqittuq .
Members' Statement 90 - 1 (2): Proud of Inuit Ministers
Mr. Irqittuq: Thank you Mr. Speaker.
I would like to tell you a story as well .
When I was a small child I was told that there was a RCMP officer coming into the community.
I was very scared and intimidated.
I wanted to stay home and not go out.
We were living in a Qarmaq (sodhouse) and they had their own houses.
It was all very foreign to us.
I thought that I was going to be picked up and incarcerated by the RCMP.
Some of those ministers across the communities are all Inuit today.
Even the finance Minister who is not an Inuk looks like one.
I am so proud to have ministers who are all Inuk.
I would just like to say that I am very proud of that.
Item number four returns to oral questions.
Item number five, Mr. Akesuk.
I would like to recognize the photographers who have come here to do some photography of us.
Speaker (interpretation): I would also like to recognize a person who previously lived in our community, Rebecca Williams.
She is now on the Social Development Committee.
Welcome to the session.
I would like to welcome every one else in the gallery.
Item number six.
Mr Irqittuq.
Question 178 - 1 (2): Status of Question on Gravel Issue in Hall Beach
Mr. Irqittuq: Thank you Mr. Chairman.
I asked questions yesterday. My question is directed to Mr. Anawak.
I asked you about the gravel issue.
Have you looked into that?
Minister Anawak, Minister of Transportation.
Hon. Jack Anawak: The contractors who are working on the gravel have an agreement with the department of Transportation.
They have to grind the gravel.
They are going to be using the garage while working on the gravel.
Apparently they were working with the Department of Transportation.
We are still looking into how this agreement came about.
We will look at how the contract was agreed upon in Hall Beach.
At this time I do not want to have a debate over this issue with the community at this time.
I believe it is a private contractor and I understand what the issue is and what they have done to date.
I still have to find out which individuals made the agreement with the organization.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Anawak .
Question 179 - 1 (2): Journeyman Training Facility for Nunavut
I do not want to take up all the time but I did campaign to represent my communities.
My question to the Minister of Education is  that there are apprentice programs for heating and electrical journey man.
Have you thought about getting a facility here in Nunavut to do the training programs within Nunavut.
Speaker ( interpretation): Minister of Education, Mr. Arvaluk.
We do not have a facility as of yet.
We have not decided which community this program will be held in.
We used to have a program in Iqaluit in the past.
However, as I mentioned yesterday we are in the planing process of where we are going to put the programs.
We are also in the transformation process from the GNWT to Nunavut on issues like training for apprentice programs.
I would like to work with the ordinary MLA's on these issues and I can not decide myself where I want to put these programs.
I would also like to consult with the members on where we should put these programs.
Speaker( interpretation): Thank You Mr. Arvaluk.
Question 180 - 1 (2): Sealift Earlier in the Season
This is for the Minister of Transportation.
The ships come in really late during the fall when they are transporting construction materials to the communities.
It is almost too late by the time it starts getting cold in the communities. It is almost too late for construction.
I was wondering if they could do something about transporting materials a little earlier in the summer.
Speaker ( interpretation): Thank you.
Transportation Minister, Mr. Anawak.
Usually when you are setting up the time lines for the shipping materials they usually do it late in the spring.
There are different companies who are interested in transporting materials.
We have more businesses owned by Northerners who are getting into shipping materials.
We can consult with them and work on how we can improve the time line for shipping.
I am sure the MLA's are aware that we did not have much say on how we wanted our materials shipped in the past.