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I think that I should ask this question during another item.
It's for Community Government & Transportation.
I was talking about the arena, which I was concerned about in this House and the Minister responsible for that department said that he would meet with me.
After the session I went there to ask him when he could meet with us and he said he did not have any time so I thought the best way I could ask this question now is in the House.
My question to the Minister is, can I have a meeting with you to talk about the issue I brought up earlier.
Hon. Jack Anawak (interpretation): Yes, we want to get all the appropriate information before we deal with any issues at hand.
The Community Government employees, I have not had an opportunity to meet with my employees on this issue.
But we will be meeting with the Deputy Minister possibly today or tomorrow and right after that meeting and once I have the relevant information I will let you know.
Question 347 – 1(3): Adequacy of Fire Trucks in Communities
Some of the communities have fire trucks and one of our communities had a concern in regards to a fire truck.
Three of us regular members went down I would like to ask the Minister if we do have adequate fire truck services in all the communities that can keep up to the emergency standards.
There are two types, I believe you are talking about the fire trucks and then there's the extinguishers that have the same name in Inuktitut.
If you are talking about fire trucks we want them in top maintenance so that they will be readily available should there be a fire.
We do know that if you have a fire truck or if there's a fire truck in any community that's not so serviceable we will work very hard to get it up to standards or serviceable I just want to tell the member that.
You could let our department know or let us know which community's fire trucks need servicing or needs to meet the standards.
We work very hard to have all equipment in top condition.
Of course our dollars are limited, but I can tell the Member that we will work hard because it's a life saving device and if we..audio unavailable…
Question 348 – 1(3): Staff Housing in Decentralized Communities
Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Finance and Administration, Mr. Ng. This issue is in regards to decentralization.
The staff housing that will be built, are all of them completed now.
Mr. Speaker, there are office buildings and there is housing.
I believe federal Public Works are undertaking the final inspections on the units and the majority of them are ready to be turned over to the Government of Nunavut and I expect that it may happen any day now.
Do the number of units built match the number of employees that are going to the communities.
Mr. Speaker, I don’t think when the Nunavut Implementation Commission made their recommendations and the program undertaken to provide staff with office buildings was fully co-ordinated in respect of total numbers.
Having said that I would also like to recognize that since this government took office we had an opportunity to review the decentralization plans and make some adjustments accordingly to try and address some of the deficiencies and address some of the needs in balancing that out.
As a result of that, not everything matches perfectly in respect of office space and housing to the employees.
But, having said that, there is enough in the majority of communities to allow for some decentralization to take place and that is part of the ongoing process of trying to implement it fully, Mr. Speaker.
Speaker: Thank you Mr. Ng. Question period is up.
I will ask the members if they would wish to take a fifteen-minute break.
We do have some technical problems that have to be addressed and if we can break for fifteen minutes, hopefully they will be repaired or replaced by the time we return.
Speaker: Sergeant At Arms.
>>House recessed from 4.36 p.m. and resumed at 5.00 p.m.
Item 7. Written Questions.
Item 8. Returns to Written Questions.
Item 10, Replies to Budget Address. I am sure that is better. Replies to the Budget Address.
Item 12. Reports of Standing and Special Committees.
Tabled Document 56 – 1(3): Letters Regarding Contract Negotiations
Mr. Speaker, I am tabling six letters from my constituency.
They are from the communities of Igloolik and Hall Beach.
These documents are letters regarding Contract Negotiations
Speaker: Item 11, Petitions.
Bill 16 – An Act to Amend the Property Assessment and Taxation Act - Notice
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, April 3, 2000 I will move that Bill 16, An Act to Amend the Property and Taxation Act be read for the first time.
Bill 13, Appropriation Act.
Bill 15, Tabled Documents 41 – 1(3), Tabled Documents 51 – 1(3), with Mr. Iqaqrialu in the Chair.
Bill 15 – Supplementary Appropriations Act, No. 3, 1999/2000
Chairperson (interpretation): There is a motion to deal with Bill 15.
I have not seen you from this position for a while.
Bill 15, there was a motion to start with Bill 15, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 1999/2000.
This part of No. 3, I believe we will have to start with Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3.
Under number 6...audio unavailable...260 thousand was approved... audio unavailable...Any questions.
Chairperson (interpretation): I believe we are in agreement. 260 thousand.
Bracket, 8, end bracket and underneath, Community Government, 247 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Community Government in total. 247 thousand negative.
The information is here in these binders.
Mr. Nutarak (interpretation): Where are you.
Chairperson (interpretation): Second to last. 240 thousand.
We said that these were unexpended.
I guess a better way to say it is that they were not approved.
Those are the ones that we are dealing with at this point.
Mr. Nutarak (interpretation): I was not quite finished yet.
The 260 thousand you said was not approved.
Underneath there is 100 thousand down at the bottom.
There is 57 thousand, 97 thousand and 100 thousand down at the bottom.
Is that part of the 260 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): I apologize that is different.
You are talking about something totally different.
It’s page 6.
Mr. Nutarak (interpretation): Number 3, when I look at page 6, I believe that is what we are talking about here.
It is 260 thousand, up at the top I guess it wasn’t approved.
We agreed to that and right underneath there is 247 thousand, which was not approved.
Down at the bottom there are three different numbers.
In my Inuktitut anyway, if you are reading the Inuktitut.
The top is 260 thousand and you said that it would be used for described positions and then there is the 100 thousand that would be used for these purposes.
My question is, is that part of the 260 thousand.
I believe the Minister can respond if you would like.
Mr. Chairman, the 260 thousand dollars negative, you have to add on that 100 thousand dollars because it is from a different category in Community Government. So the total of the 260 from the directorate plus the 100 thousand as part of the Community Government negative is the total project for Kugluktuk.
If you add on the 97 thousand dollars from the Town of Iqaluit and the 50 thousand from Cape Dorset, then you have the total figure of 570 thousand dollars negative from these spending categories and it shows up again on page 9 for the capital.
So it all balances out.
Mr. Barnabas (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Chairman.
I don’t agree to the 260 thousand figure because I know that we have made repeated requests to have them changed in regards to Resolute Bay, which is never funded, and Kugluktuk is given funds.
We have been making repeated requests and we never got the funds or cannot agree.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Barnabas.
Mr. Chairman, I can’t speak to what has or hasn’t happened in Resolute Bay.
I believe that there were problems, I don’t know if the member is referring to the freeze up of the water mains, but in this particular circumstance, there was a freeze up of the water main, and the Department of Community Government & Transportation had to provide funding to restore that.
That is so the community could have water.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you Minister Ng. Any further comments.
I seem to have an elastic that keeps putting my hand up.
The minister I believe said Kugluktuk, maybe I have old copies but it is Cambridge Bay in my book, in the Inuktitut. The Minister of Finance said, Kugluktuk but in my Inuktitut book it says Cambridge Bay and down at the bottom the 100 thousand again is for Cambridge Bay, in Inuktitut.
So maybe I got old copies.
Maybe I made inappropriate changes or maybe the names were changed.
There are differences between the English and Inuktitut.
Minister of Finance, which ones are accurate.
Mr. Chairman, it is Kugluktuk, just to clarify that.
If there is an error in the Inuktitut and it says Cambridge Bay, I apologize for that error. The English version is correct.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you Minister Ng. I realize now that it is going to Kugluktuk, but the Inuktitut version will have to be corrected so that we will have current information in the Inuktitut syllabics.
So it will be correct in both English and Inuktitut.
Mr. Chairman, for the record I am correcting it here.
For the record it is Kugluktuk.
Are there any other comments.
In 1999, last winter for example, in one of my constituencies, Mr. Chairman, our water reservoir was getting really bad and there are no funds allocated for that purpose.
The Hamlet Council in that community had been paying to correct the problem at the water reservoir.
Mr. Chairman, I know that it is very important, the problem is a serious problem, and the water pipes will have to be fixed also.
In the plans here I do not see any plans or funds allotted for the Gjoa Haven water reservoir and water pipes.
Do you have any funds set aside for that purpose.
Mr. Minister, if you would like to respond.
Mr. Chairman, there are no funds for Gjoa Haven or any other project in this supplementary appropriation.
It is my understanding that the Gjoa Haven situation with their water supply was remedied.
Having said that, there is still the upcoming current fiscal year to deal with any ongoing problem and more permanent arrangements for that situation.
The Minister of Community Government & Transportation may have something he may want to add to that.
I know that the problem was corrected.
There were quite a few problems that occurred with the Gjoa Haven water.
Are you finished.
Any other comments for the supplementary appropriations.
Total Community Government & Transportation 240 thousand.
I just have to make a few brief comments and I have a few brief questions.
The transfer of funding of 97 thousand capital appropriations to provide a contribution to the Town of Iqaluit for a comprehensive solid waste management study.
There is no secret that this community has a solid waste problem.
Anybody just has to drive out to the dump here and see the disaster out there and I don’t think it is going to be any small job cleaning that up if you are talking about relocating.
My question on this is, how much did the Town contribute to this study, if anything.
Either one of the Ministers can respond.
Perhaps the Minister of Finance, go ahead.
I don’t have that information with me.
I am not sure if the Minister of Community Government has that.
I can find out and report on that Mr. Chairman.
Mr. McLean: Ma’na Itsivauta.
On that.
A tax-based community raises taxes through property taxes and other such taxes.
What is going to be the total cost of this solid waste management study when all is said and done.
I know you will probably give me the information later, but how much is the Municipality, that is one of the few tax-based municipalities in Nunavut, going to contribute to this study.
Because I think the Municipality here has to take a little bit more responsibility for their solid waste problems in this community because being in non tax-based communities, we don’t get a lot to take care of our dumps short words for them.
So what is this study going to cost and is this going to be the end of this study or is this going to be a long-term plan.
The member is correct, I don't have that information, and I will commit to trying to provide that as soon as possible.
Since the question was posed, he wanted to get information, one of my colleagues wanted to get information and since the minister had stated that he will look into this as soon as possible, with that in mind I will just go ahead to deal with the appropriation act.
Is that okay with the members if I go ahead with the rest of the appropriation act.
Community Government total, not previously authorized, 247 thousand.
Total Department. 507 thousand.
The total is in brackets.
If not, are you agreed.
Turn the page to page 7.
Education, operations and maintenance not previously authorized.
Early Childhood Education and School Services, 800 thousand in brackets.
Also for Early Childhood and School Services, not previously authorized, 300 thousand, also in brackets.
Any comments to the total.
Total Department, not previously authorized, 300 thousand and it is in brackets, the very last one in brackets.
Going on to page 8.
Health and Social Services, operations and maintenance, not previously authorized.
Primary and acute care program, 8 million 900 thousand.
It has no brackets.
Total primary and acute care programs, not previously authorized, 8 million 900 thousand.
Total department not previously authorized, 8 million 900 thousand.
Going on to page 9, at the bottom of the page, Community Government and Transportation, capital, not previously authorized for the directorate, 507 thousand.
Mr. Nutarak had asked this question and I just want to clarify this question a bit more. Mr. Nutarak had asked that this 100 thousand dollars and 260 thousand dollars if they are together.
In here it states that they are together 360 thousand to provide emergency replacement of the frozen water main in Kugluktuk.
Is it true that this 100 thousand is to be combined.
Mr. Finance Minister.
Hon. Kelvin Ng: Yes, Mr. Chairman, that is correct.
This 360 thousand says Iqaluktutsiaq, but what does it say in English.
The Inuktitut says Iqaluktutsiaq.
Chairperson (interpretation): In English and in Inuktitut versions they are not the same.
It is not the same community any more.
Could you elaborate on that, Mr. Anawak.
Hon. Jack Anawak (interpretation): The frozen water main is in Kugluktuk.
We did not have any work done on frozen water mains in Iqaluktutsiaq, Cambridge Bay.
Mr. Nutarak (interpretation): I would like to ask the Minister of Finance, as he stated that this is recorded and for the record he stated Kugluktuk, so I just wanted him to verbally say Kugluktuk again.
Finance Minister could you verbally say Kugluktuk again.
Hon. Kelvin Ng: He must like the way I say Kugluktuk.
I said that, yes Mr. Chairman, that is correct.
I just want everyone to be aware that although he stated it for the record, in the translations it needs corrections and we need to have a correction in our Inuktitut version.
I want everybody to be aware of that.
Perhaps I can make a motion to clarify this matter so that the English and the Inuktitut can correlate together because they are not the same.
So I would like to make a motion, perhaps change the name or move the Kugluktuk fund to Uqsuqtuq, Gjoa Haven.
Re-profile the funds.
Hon. Kelvin Ng: Well, thank you Mr. Chairman.
I don’t think this is a laughing matter quite frankly.
I take offence at the member’s comments.
This is a serious exercise that we are undergoing here.
The water mains froze up in the community of Kugluktuk.
The money has been appropriated to repair it and now we are asking for approval to have that take place.
I don’t think it is a joking matter.
Mr. Barnabas: Thank you Mr. Chairman.
It is not a joking matter when other communities are having problems.
I had a problem in a riding.
It was serious too and there was no funding for it.
I think Mr. Anawak would like to make a comment.
I do not think it requires a motion.
We can make an amended version that states Kugluktuk.
I think all of us understand Kugluktuk.
So I don’t mind replacing the community name in Inuktitut to Kugluktuk.
I wish I could be somewhere else right now.
We were discussing the directorate, capital of 507 thousand, not previously authorized, under page 9.
There will be an adjustment in the name of the community in Inuktitut.
Not previously authorized items.
Do we have any more general comments.
Total directorate, 507 thousand.
Total department, 507 thousand.
I apologize to the interpreters.
If you turn to page 10.
Department of Education, subject capital, not previously authorized.
Policy and planning, 300 thousand without brackets.
Do we have general comments.
Total policy and planning, not previously authorized, 300 thousand.
Total department, 300 thousand.
This Bill has been dealt with.
Under Bill 15, Supplementary Appropriations act, No. 3, 1999/2000.
Do you all have the paper in front of you.
I think there were some mistakes as to which document we were referring to and to which Bill.
It should be in your Legislation binders.
Turning to Bill 15, if you look at your yellow tabs in your binder. Bill 15. These Bills are divided by the yellow tabs according to the Bill numbers.
If you look under tab 15.
Front cover under page 1, Bill 15 was approved concerning the supplementary appropriations.
We should go clause by clause.
Clause number 1.
Chairperson (interpretation): Clause number 2. Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): Clause number 3. Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): Clause number 4. Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): Clause number 5. Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): Clause number 6. Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): Clause number 7. Agreed?
Chairperson (interpretation): Also under page 3 schedule, supplementary amounts appropriated for the fiscal year ending March 31 2000.
Go to 1.
I’m sorry part 1 go to Operations & maintenance.
Total operations & maintenance 8 million 93 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Part 2.
Vote 2.
Total capital 807 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Total supplementary appropriations in parts 1 and 2. 8 million 900 thousand.
Before I had a chance to say anything you were already in agreement.
Back to the cover.
Bill 15, Supplementary Appropriation Act No. 3, 1999-2000.
Are we agreed that Bill 15 is ready for third reading.
Chairperson (interpretation): Everybody agrees.
Bill number 15 is ready for third reading.
That concludes our business on the Bill.
Mr. Tootoo (interpretation): Thank you, thank you, thank you very much Mr. Chairman.
Mr. Chairman I would like to move to report progress.
Chairperson (interpretation): There is a motion on the floor to report progress. This is not debatable.
I’m sorry. There is motion on the floor to report progress.
Our Speaker can now return to his seat.
I appreciate your timeliness in dealing with these matters.
Mr. Iqaqrialu (interpretation): Thank you Speaker: Your committee has been considering Bill 13 and 15 and tabled documents 41 and 51 and would like to report that Bill 15 is ready for third reading and Mr. Speaker I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
There is a motion on the floor. Do we have a seconder. Mr. Akesuk.
Contrary, motions carried.
Item number 22 Orders of the Day.
Sorry third reading of Bills.
Bill 15 – Supplementary Appropriations Act No. 3, 1999/2000 - Third Reading
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable member for Nanulik that Bill 15, Supplementary Appropriation Act No. 3 1999/2000 be read for the third time.
Speaker: All those in agreement.
Bill 15 has been read for the third time.
Mr. Clerk, item 23. Orders of the Day.
Mr. Speaker, meeting of the regular caucus tomorrow morning half past eight.
Orders of the Day for March 31.
This House stands adjourned until Friday March 31, 2000 at 10.00 a.m. Sergeant At Arms.
>>House adjourned at 5.51 p.m.
DAY 27
Friday, March 31, 2000
Pages 1100 - 1133
Opening Prayer 1100
Ministers’ Statements 1100
Members’ Statements 1103
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 1109
Oral Questions 1112
Returns to Written Questions 1127
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and other Matters 1128
Report of the Committee of the Whole 1130
Revert to Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 1131
Assent to Bills 1131
Orders of the Day 1132
Friday March 31, 2000 1100
94 - 1(3): Review of Nunavut’s First Year (Okalik) 1100
240 - 1(3): Appreciation to Interpreters (Tootoo) 1103
241 - 1(3): Nunavut’s First Anniversary (Alakannuark) 1104
242 - 1(3): Evangelists Visit to Taloyoak (Puqiqnak) 1104
243 - 1(3): Tribute to Elder Iqaqrialu (Iqaqrialu) 1105
244 - 1(3): Tribute to Tagak Curley and other Leaders (Anawak) 1106
245 - 1(3): Tribute to Ludy Pudluk (Barnabas) 1106
246 - 1(3): Sanikiluaq Handicraft Products (Kattuk) 1107
247 – 1(3): Appreciation of Interpreters, Members & Assembly Staff (Thompson) 1107
248 – 1(3): Anniversary of Nunavut (Irqittuq) 1108
249 – 1(3): A Shining Light (Nutarak) 1108
250 – 1(3): Appreciation of Nunavut (Arvaluk) 1108
251 – 1(3): Nunavut Anniversary & Toonik Tyme (Okalik) 1109
252 – 1(3): Appreciation of Assembly Staff (Akesuk) 1109
349 – 1(3): Review of Nunavut Day-Care Centres (Tootoo) 1112
350 – 1(3): Inuit Events at AWG (Barnabas) 1114
351 - 1(3): Update on Elder Patients (Iqaqrialu) 1115
352 - 1(3): Gjoa Haven Day Care Centre (Puqiqnak) 1115
353 - 1(3): Day-care Funding (Tootoo) 1116
354 – 1(3): Igloolik Decentralization Funding (Irqittuq) 1118
355 - 1(3): Review of Time Change (Akesuk) 1120
356 – 1(3): Funding for Smaller Communities (Iqaqrialu) 1121
357 – 1(3): Unused Decentralization Buildings (Barnabas) 1122
358 – 1(3): Infrastructure for Decentralized Positions (Iqaqrialu) 1124
359 – 1(3): Status of Student Financial Assistance Program (Barnabas) 1126
08- 1(3): 10-1 (3) Sustainable Development (Kilabuk) 1127
09 - 1(3): 11-1(3) Education (Arvaluk) 1127
Friday March 31, 2000  Nunavut Hansard
Iqaluit, Nunavut  Friday March 31, 2000
Speaker (Mr. O'Brien): I would like to ask Mr. Alakannuark to say the opening prayer.
Speaker: It has been a busy week. An exciting week.
The Governor General is still here.
So let us try to have a good day today.
Item 2. Ministers’ Statements. Mr. Premier.
Minister’s Statement 94 - 1(3): Review of Nunavut’s First Year
We are on the eve of our first anniversary as a government and I welcome this opportunity to share with you the progress we have been making.
I am very pleased to say that interest in Nunavut has not waned since April 1 last year.
I am happy to say as the world watches us we are still very much in the lime light in our new government.
In fact in many ways, interest in Nunavut has grown since last year, and it continues to grow, having a positive impact on key sectors of our economy such as tourism.
I think we can all appreciate when one area of the economy is experiencing success there is also spin off to other sectors.
During the past year there has been numerous and varied visitors to our territory.
I believe we were all pleased yesterday to have welcomed Her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson and her husband his Excellency John Ralston Saul to the Assembly.
Last fall the Right Honourable Jean Chretien accompanied by his Excellency the President of the Republic of France Jacque Chirac.
They honoured us with their company.
Last week also the Speaker of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly our fellow Inuk George Hickes was welcomed in this Chamber.
We have had Shinto priests this summer visiting from Japan, as well as visits from the Israeli Consul General.
The Australian Minister of Aboriginal Affairs was also here and the Honourable Jonathan Motzfeldt Premier of Greenland.
And once again, the media from around the world are in Nunavut to tell our story on this our first anniversary.
This exposure for the most part has been very positive on Nunavut and it continues to raise our profile nationally and internationally.
Tourism is growing industry worldwide and we here in Nunavut must capitalise on the fashion people have for the rigid beauty of our land and the strong interest have been taken for political and social development.
As each member of this assembly can attest it has been a busy year.