EdinburghNLP/nunavut-hansard-plusplus huggingface dataset:
Compensation & Benefits $ 4,273,000.00
Other Expenses $ 289,000.00
Total O&M (H&SS Paid) $ 4,562,000.00
As of April 1, 2004 what are the projected new full and part-time staffing requirements for the new Kitikmeot Health Centre in Cambridge Bay?
46.0 PYs
Return to Written Question 008 – 2(1): Performance Bonuses and Termination Pay for Members of the Public Service of Nunavut (Clerk)
The following summary details the bonuses paid to members of the Government of Nunavut Public Service for the fiscal years 1999-2000 through to 2002-2003.
Included in the information are the total numbers of public servant who received bonuses in those fiscal years.
The bonuses for the fiscal year 2003-2004 have not yet been considered.
Instructions to Deputy Ministers have been given for the submission of the fiscal year 2003-2004 merit and bonus considerations.
EMPLOYEES
$169,802.00
$155,008.00
$140,980.00
$121,050.98
HEALTH & SOCIAL SVCS.
$86,211.00
$68,486.00
$65,235.00
$62,848.00
$18,704.00
$36,984.00
$50,000.00
$22,393.12
LEGISLATIVE
$48,752.00
$45,960.00
$19,419.00
$6,864.73
PUBLIC WORKS
$72,358.00
$71,210.00
$65,434.00
$65,100.06
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
$69,190.00
$67,749.00
$89,282.00
$104,867.24
HUMAN RESOURCES
$38,684.00
$56,075.00
$71,486.00
$62,893.60
CLEY
$32,500.00
$18,209.00
$38,982.65
$50,095.40
$81,468.00
$111,640.00
$101,289.00
$98,181.37
$57,918.00
$77,042.00
$61,409.00
$64,351.10
CG&T
$96,478.00
$84,643.00
$78,005.00
$70,655.17
$161,790.00
$158,619.00
$99,994.00
$95,482.95
NUNAVUT ARCTIC COLL.
$20,692.00
$50,073.00
$46,892.45
$954,547.00
$951,625.00
$931,588.65
$871,676.17
Termination Pay
I provide in the following an aggregate amount paid in termination pay, negotiated settlements, lump-sum payments or any other form of monetary payment or compensation to executive-level members of the public Service of Nunavut.
This is to respect the privacy of individuals as required by the Access to information and Personal Privacy Act.
1999-2000 $ 132,957.00
2000-2001 $ 182,095.00
2001-2002 $ 143,750.00
2002-2003 $ 134,684.00
2003-2004 $ 551,208.00
I am tabling the response to Written Question 1 - 2(1) on behalf of the Minister of Health and Social Services and to Written Question 8 – 2(1) on behalf of the Premier.
Item 12: Reports of Committee on the Review of Bills
1-2 (1) Bill 5 An Act to Amend the Revolving Fund Act to Committee of the Whole (Curley)
I wish to report that Bill 5 – An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act, has been reviewed by the Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development, and that the bill is ready for consideration in Committee of the Whole.
Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to waive Rule 68(5) and have Bill 5 moved into Committee of the Whole for today.
Speaker (interpretation): There is a request to waive Rule 68(5) and have Bill 5 moved into the Committee of the Whole for today. Are there any nays?
So, in accordance to Rule 68(5), this bill will be moved to Committee of the Whole today.
Item 13 in our Orders of the Day, Tabling of Documents Mr. Premier.
Tabled Document 031 – 2(1): State of Inuit Culture & Society 2002/03 – NTI Annual Report (Okalik)
Tabled Document 032 – 2(1): State of Inuit Culture & Society 2002/03 – GN Review Executive Summary (Okalik)
I wish to table the following documents. 2002-2003 Annual Report on the State of the Inuit Culture and Society and Government of Nunavut’s Review of the same on the Annual Report on the State of the Inuit Culture and Society.
Tabled Document 033 – 2(1): “Leasing of Real Property” Government of Nunavut Policy (Aglukkaq)
I wish to table the following document, the Government of Nunavut’s policy on leasing of real property.
Tabled Document 034 – 2(1): Towards a Representative Public Service - Statistics as of March 31, 2004 (Tapardjuk)
This document contains the Turaagaliit Report.
Tabled Document 035 – 2(1): Children’s Advocate for Nunavut - Draft Motion for the Establishment (Peterson)
I’d like to table a draft motion regarding the establishment of a children’s advocate for Nunavut.
I spoke of this in my statement earlier this morning in Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, and English.
Tabled Document 036 – 2(1): Arctic Bay & Nanisivik: A Tale of Two Settlements - Video Tape 1974, NFB (Barnabas)
I wish to table and donate to the Assembly a video tape on Arctic Bay and Nanisivik called A Tale of Two Settlements that was made by the National Film Board of Canada in 1974.
Many faces in the video are now leaders and elders.
Tabled Document 037 – 2(1): Nunavut Heritage Centre – Rankin Inlet Proposal (Curley)
I would also like to table a document, the Nunavut heritage centre proposal from Rankin Inlet.
I would like to say that the document was produced in February of 2002.
I think it would be less than $55 million, and Rankin Inlet would be a very good location for the heritage centre. You can read that during the summer.
Tabled Document 038 – 2(1): Transition Counselling and Training Assistance Policy for Non-Returning Members (Speaker)
I would like to table the transition counselling and training assistance policy for non-returning members.
Bill 5 with Mr. Netser in the chair.
We will take a lunch break and we’ll be back at 1:30.
>>House recessed at 11:30 and resumed at 13:30
I would now like to ask… . (Interpretation.) I would like to welcome the Law Clerk to the House.
Welcome, Sue.
I would like to ask the minister, Mr. Kilabuk, to make his opening remarks.
I am pleased to be here regarding Bill 5.
I would like to amend the Revolving Funds Act.
The Petroleum Products Division of the Department of Community and Government Services has a responsibility for the supply and transportation of petroleum products to our communities.
Petroleum Products Division operates under the Petroleum Products Revolving Fund Act, and the Petroleum Products Division’s operating costs are financed through a revolving fund that provides the resources to purchase and distribute the fuel consumed annually in the communities.
Petroleum Products Division is required by the Revolving Fund Act to recover advances from the revolving funds through retail sales.
Mr. Chairman, the fund provides working capital advances to finance inventory, accounts receivable, and operating expenses.
The authorized limit of the fund, the maximum amount by which the assets may exceed the liabilities, is currently $75 million.
The bill before you is an amendment to the act to increase the limit to $110 million.
There are three main issues which necessitate a change to the limit:
there are outstanding accounts receivable from previous years;
Petroleum Products Division will purchase bulk fuels for Qulliq Energy Corporation for eight additional communities on top of the current list during the 2004 re-supply;
finally, the price of fuel has increased significantly over the past twelve months on the world markets due to increased demand for crude oil products and the situation in the Middle East.
I would like to assure the members that there are no significant increases in the Petroleum Products Division operating expenses forecasted, other than an overall salary increase due to the collective agreement, so that is not the reason for the need to increase the fund limit.
The three issues I mentioned are the reason to increase to $110 million.
The increase is necessary if we are to complete the purchase of fuel for this year’s sealift and supply to all communities.
The most pressing factor is the dramatic increase in oil prices, which are 50 percent over the past year and 10 percent in the past month alone.
In the future, we will be working with the Department of Finance to see if there are ways we can better manage when we purchase fuel to take advantage of lower prices during the year.
However, we will still be subject to world issues that impact on oil prices.
Mr. Chairman, those are my comments, and I would be happy to respond to questions from members.
Does the chair of the standing committee have comments?
Mr. Curley (interpretation): Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We have comments.
The Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Housing and Economic Development reviewed Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act, with Minister Kilabuk and his officials on June 2, 2004.
This Bill is quite straightforward.
The standing committee recognizes that its intent is to ensure that adequate funds exist for the bulk purchase and transportation of fuel to Nunavut communities.
In the past several weeks, members have raised many concerns in this House with respect to the rise in fuel costs on the world market and the impact it will have on the cost of fuel in Nunavut.
Committee members urge the minister to find innovative ways to minimize the impact of increased costs to subsistence harvesters and other groups that are least able to afford major increases.
Members are also concerned because the main estimates indicated that the fund’s limit would be increased to $90 million while the legislation itself increases the limit to $110 million.
This is a significant increase over a short period of time, and members hope that it accurately reflects the needs of the fund.
Members are aware that similar legislation was passed in May 2002.
At that time, the chair of the standing committee raised several issues that are even more relevant today as this House has approved $500,000 for the transfer of the Petroleum Products Division to a subsidiary of the Qulliq Energy Corporation.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to remind members of this House of the broader issues that were raised in 2002.
The Auditor General of Canada, in her 2001 Report to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, expressed concern with respect to the financial reporting practices of the Petroleum Products Division.
This reinforces concerns with respect to hidden subsidies that were highlighted in the Ikuma I report that was tabled in this House on February 18, 2000.
It is not clear that these concerns have been addressed.
Since that time, the Qulliq Energy Corporation has been formed while petroleum products continue to be a division of the Department of Community and Government Services.
Prior to the completion of the transfer of PPD to the Qulliq Energy Corporation, it will be important to ensure that accurate accounting indicates the real cost of the division, including the amortization of tank farm equipment, capital costs, and GN-wide blanket insurance, as well as legal services and support services provided by other Government of Nunavut departments.
The standing committee continues to urge the department to work towards amendments that address this issue.
The committee recommends that the minister undertake a detailed review of how petroleum products are purchased and delivered in order to ensure that the revolving fund is self-sustaining.
The committee urges the minister, in consultation with his colleagues and the private sector, to develop a strategy to address long-term needs for fuel supply.
The standing committee supported the bill at the clause-by-clause stage of standing committee review and recommends its passage to all members.
Mr. Minister, do you have any witnesses you would like to bring to the table?
Hon. Peter Kilabuk (interpretation): I have two officials I would like to go to the witness table with me.
Chairman (interpretation): Is it agreed with the members?
Chairman (interpretation): Sergeant-at-Arms.
If you don’t recognize them by now, on my left is Tom Rich, the deputy minister, and on my right, Mike Rafter.
Chairman (interpretation): Welcome Mr. Rafter and Mr. Rich.
Just before we begin, you have ten minutes to make general comments on the bill.
It is straightforward from the reporting that I just talked about.
I think we are ready as members and the government. We have had, I think, a Petroleum Products Division here, whether it be gasoline or heating fuel, or NPC’s fuel.
The government looks after the delivery and the operations of the PPD.
The revolving fund has been amended to increase the limit.
I can’t remember how much it was years ago, but nowadays the delivery system is getting better by ship.
Perhaps the government could privatize some of the work that they are doing right now.
As a committee we urge the minister to try to look for another way of using the private sector for the operation of petroleum products.
The minister has agreed to the standing committee at that time when we had a meeting for them to have a consultation process to look for better ways of dealing with petroleum products because we feel that Qulliq Energy Corporation cannot do it by itself.
I would like to thank the minister because he stated that they would be able to buy bulk fuel to make sure that it does not cost a lot of money.
So, those are my comments, Mr. Chairman.
I have no other names on my list for general comments. (Interpretation ends.) I have no more members on my list, so we will now proceed to a clause-by-clause review of the bill starting with page 2.
Bill 5, an Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act.
It is in the legislation binder, the white binder.
Chairman (interpretation): Bill as a whole.
Chairman (interpretation): Does the committee agree that Bill 5 is ready for third reading?
Chairman (interpretation): Thank you very much.
I would like to thank Mr. Rafter and Mr. Rich and the minister.
(Interpretation ends.) There are not a lot of comments but just thanks to the members for approving this, and I wish everybody a happy camping and hunting season.
I am requesting all of the members to look at each other and say, “I’m glad that I’m not going to see you for a long time.” Say that to the member you are looking at.
Chairman Netser.
Chairman (Mr. Netser)(interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
(Interpretation ends.) Your committee has been considering Bill 5 and would like to report that Bill 5 is ready for third reading and, Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Speaker (interpretation): There is a motion on the floor. Seconder? Mr. Okalik, Mr. Premier.
Bill 5 – An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act – Third Reading
Hon. Peter Kilabuk: Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Amittuq, that Bill 5, an Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act, be read for the third time.
Bill 5 has been read for the third time.
Bill 2 – Appropriations Operations and Maintenance Act 2004-2005 – Third Reading
I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for South Baffin, that Bill 2 – Appropriations (O&M) Act, 2004-2005, be read for the third time.
Bill 2 has been read for the third time.
Before we end this evening, Mr. Clerk, will you ascertain if the Commissioner of Nunavut is prepared to enter the chambers to give assent to bills? .
Bill 1 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2003-04 – Assent
Bill 2 – Appropriations (O&M) Act, 2004-2005 – Assent
Bill 3 – Supplementary Appropriation (O&M) Act, No. 1, April 1 – June 30, 2004- 2005 – Assent
Bill 4 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2004-2005 – Assent
Bill 5 – An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act – Assent
Commissioner Irniq (interpretation): Please be seated.
Members of the Legislative Assembly, as Commissioner of Nunavut, I hereby assent to the following bills: Bill 1 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2003-04; Bill 2 – Appropriations (O&M) Act, 2004-2005; Bill 3 – Supplementary Appropriation (O&M) Act, No. 1, April 1 – June 30, 2004-2005; Bill 4 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2004-2005; and Bill 5 – An Act to Amend the Revolving Funds Act.
I hereby prorogue the first session of the second Legislative Assembly and summon members to attend the second session of the Legislative Assembly, which will convene on November 16, 2004 in Iqaluit.
Tell the people in Nunavut to enjoy boating, but to be safe.
You all have a safe journey home and look after your families.
Celebrate Aboriginal Day, Canada Day, and Nunavut Day.
Qujannamiik, Nakurmiik, Ma’na, Koana, Merci Beaucoup, Thank you very much.
I would like to take this moment to thank the pages who have been with us this week: Jennifer Twerdin, Tina Campbell, Joanasie Tunu, John Awa, and Mosisie Arlooktook.
I would also like to thank the Sergeant-at-Arms, Saimaniq Kilabuk.
I want to wish all members a safe and productive summer in your constituencies.
>>House adjourned at 14:00  Nunavut Canada
Tuesday November 16, 2004
Pages 1 – 48
Opening Address: Throne Speech 2
Members’ Statements 14
Oral Questions 22
Written Questions 41
Petitions 45
Tabled Documents 46
Orders of the Day 47
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 1
001 – 2(2): Lobby the Government on Family Violence (Tootoo) 14
002 – 2(2): Cost of Living Increases (Curley) 15
003 – 2(2): Need for More Infrastructure in the High Arctic (Barnabas) 16
004 – 2(2): Kugluktuk Healing Facility (Evyagotailak) 17
005 – 2(2): Infrastructure in the Kitikmeot (Peterson) 18
006 – 2(2): Investigation of Fuel Spills in Nunavut (Netser) 19
007 – 2(2): Relocations to the Settlements (Kattuk) 20
008 – 2(2): Congratulate Elisapee Davidee (Picco) 21
001 – 2(2): Programs to Stop Domestic Violence (Tootoo) 22
002 – 2(2): Department of Health in a Deficit Situation (Curley) 24
003 – 2(2): Investigation of Fuel Spill Near Coral Harbour (Netser) 26
004 – 2(2): Opening of the Men's Healing Facility in Kugluktuk (Evyagotailak) 28
005 – 2(2): DNA Testing (Peterson) 30
006 – 2(2): Research Facility Consideration for Nunavut (Alagalak) 31
007 – 2(2): Climate Change Conference Representation for Nunavut (Arreak) 33
008 – 2(2): Research for Sea Cucumber Fish (Kattuk) 34
009 – 2(2): Medical Escorts (Barnabas) 35
010 – 2(2): Determining a Fair Rate Rider (Tootoo) 36
011 – 2(2): Fuel Supply in Rankin Inlet (Curley) 38
012 – 2(2): Support Mining in the Kitikmeot (Peterson) 39
001 – 2(2): Rankin Inlet Elders' Facility (Curley) 45
001 – 2(2): Power Generation in Iqaluit and Related Issues (Tootoo) 41
002 – 2(2): Staffing in the Nunavut Government's Departments, Crown Corporations, Boards and Other Entities (Peterson) 42
003 – 2(2): Petroleum Products Subsidies (Curley) 43
004 – 2(2): Loan Application Reviews (Tootoo) 44
005 – 2(2): Murders in Nunavut (Peterson) 45
001 – 2(2): Report of the Integrity Commissioner on Hon. Olayuk Akesuk (Speaker) 46
002 – 2(2): Report on Member Indemnities, Allowances and Expenses for Year Ending March 31, 2004 (Speaker) 46
003 – 2(2): Audited Financial Statements of the Supplementary Retiring Allowances Fund for Year Ending March 31, 2004 (Speaker) 46
004 – 2(2): Audited Financial Statements of the Retiring Allowances Fund for Year Ending March 31, 2004 (Speaker) 46
005 – 2(2): Statutory Requirements for Tabling of Reports and other Documents (Speaker) 46
006 – 2(2): Power Rate Increases (Peterson) 47
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
I invite Mike Gardener to deliver the opening prayer.
Speaker (interpretation): I would now like to invite an Iqaluit elder, Enooapik Sageatook, to light the Qulliq.
Ms. Sageatook (interpretation): For the Qulliq lighting today, it is easier to use seal blubber.
Thank you for thinking of me to be part of the ceremonial proceedings today.
I thank the members and everyone for thinking of me during your ceremony.
I really appreciate being invited here today.
I lost two sons, and God has helped me to deal with the everyday things.
Thank you very much for inviting me here.
The Qulliq warms the whole igloo and will represent the warming of this House and give lighting to the members when they are in the dark.
Whenever we ran out of seal blubber we were not able to have warmth and light in the igloo.
It used to be very hard for us when we ran out of blubber for our Qulliq in those days, a long time ago.
I really appreciate the members for inviting me to provide this ceremony.
I would also like to thank the people that brought me country food; they will have a payment from the Almighty.
The Qulliq represents everything: it was for cooking, for melting water, and for lighting and warmth for our igloos of long ago.
Our parents were very good at keeping us alive in those days.
We were brought by them into the harsh winter environment that we have here in the North.
We really appreciate our ancestors for that, because we were all young at one time.
We should also appreciate our ancestors who looked after us, because we would not be here today if it were not for them.
In the igloo, years ago, or in the Qammaq, we used the Qulliq.
When the Hudson Bay Company was not around, that is what we used.
>>Throat singing
I think they are better than me.
Also joining us today are Naiomi Eegeesiak and Lisa Kolola, who will be playing their fiddle for us.
>>Fiddle music
Speaker (interpretation): We are very proud to have the Aqsarniit School Choir who will be singing O Canada for us.
>>School choir singing O Canada with drum dancing
Clerk, please ascertain that the commissioner is in the building.
Commissioner Peter Irniq (interpretation): Please be seated.
Good afternoon and welcome, elders.
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Premier, Members of the Legislative Assembly, and the people of Nunavut, I smile at you.
I am honoured to serve Nunavummiut, and it is with great pride that I deliver the first throne speech of this new Assembly and of our new government.
Since taking office, I have travelled throughout our territory.
I’ve had the opportunity to meet wonderful people and bestow honours of bravery, youth achievement, volunteer services, and skill acquisition to all deserving residents. I have seen the best of our territory.
I am heartened by the passion Nunavummiut have shown about creating a positive, healthy way to live and raise their families.
I also deeply appreciate the kindness and warmth they shared with me.
As Members of this Assembly, you share a commitment to creating a territory where our citizens are truly equal members of the Canadian federation.
Your decision to participate so publicly in the development of Nunavut is an honourable and challenging undertaking.
Your debates and your decisions in this Assembly in the coming years will affect the whole territory.
I encourage you to always be guided by Aajiiqatigiinniq, and I wish you, as Members of the Legislative Assembly, insight, patience, and the spirit of consensus in your deliberations.
BUILDING NUNAVUT’S FUTURE  (interpretation ends) The work in this House taken during the first five years of our territory resulted in significant steps being taken to set up a new government.
To guide its work, the first government prepared a long-term plan.
This plan envisioned what life in Nunavut will be like in the year 2020.
It outlines four major goals and guiding principles; these were set out in the Bathurst Mandate. (interpretation) You are all familiar with the goals: Inuuqatigiitsiarniq, healthy communities; Pijarninirsaq Kattujjiqatigiitsiarnirlu, simplicity and unity; Nangminiq Makitajunnarniq, self-reliance; and Illipallianginnarniq, continuous learning.
The new government has reviewed the goals and evaluated the results achieved between 1999 and 2004.
Overall, much has been achieved, and the people of Nunavut have made important progress.
While we have every reason to be proud about what has been accomplished, there is much more to do.
The government will remain committed to the four goals in its second mandate.
It will again be guided by the principals adopted by the first government, and increasingly by Inuit societal values applied through Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, which is essential to the way your government conducts its affairs.
What the government hopes to accomplish is set out its mandate document for the second term.
The document, Pinasuaqtavut 2004-2009, will be tabled during the current sitting of the legislature.
The priorities in the mandate document are derived directly from the February general election and subsequent meetings of this legislature, Full Caucus, and Cabinet.
At the caucus meeting in Arviat, in September, each of you put forward a vision for the territory’s future.
You agreed to give a greater emphasis to economic development and to build a stronger foundation based on Inuit societal values.
As we advance through the second mandate, the government will continue to be guided by its full commitment to the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement and its partnerships with the land claims organizations.