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The only thing that I’m asking for is which of these leases have a sunset clause at the end of the term, the lease is completed and there are no clauses in the leases that commit the government to extending the lease and which ones are going to be government owned at the end of the term of the lease.
That shouldn’t be very hard to dig up.
Why can’t it be provided when you in fact can provide the names of the companies for the ones that you have tabled.
I would like to hear from Mr. Rich instead of Mr. Poor, I mean, Mr. Minister.
As the minister said, we’ve been walking a delicate line on this and we’ve consulted with the Department of Justice with regard to what information would be protected by the Freedom of Information and Protective Privacy Legislation and that’s the difficulty we’re having.
It’s not a question of not wanting to provide the information. It’s a question of trying to make sure that we do follow privacy regulations.
In general, things that are the specific terms and conditions of the lease are protected by privacy, unless we get the permission of the holder of the lease.
The question about identifying which leases where we would own the facility at the end of it, yes, we can provide that and we’ll certainly review and see which ones we can.
Something which would provide information about whether or not there is a renewal clause in it, an option for renew or not, that may be more difficult to provide because that’s a termed in condition.
It actually could hamper us in our negotiations with the company, but certainly quite possible to go back to Justice and get further clarification of what we can provide and we’ll certainly do that.
I appreciate the response from the Deputy Minister and the Minister.
My point really is, if I ask the minister again, not all the leases use the same template I would say.
I’m sure that there were some leases that have an option to purchase by the Government of Nunavut, and if so, how many of them are there.
I don’t really want the names of each company.
The only reason I’m saying that is because we need some assurance that where the sunset clauses do exist, that they would be publicly tendered to get the best deal for the leasing requirements of the government.
Would that be possible.
Yes, that is information that we can gather to make it available.
We have a motion on the floor to report progress and the motion is not debatable.
Thank you, minister and your officials, Mr. Rich and Mr. Clark.
Speaker (interpretation): To go back to the orders of the day.
Mr. Chairman, Mr. Evyagotailak.
Your committee has been considering Tabled Document 100-2(2) and would like to report progress.
Who is the seconder.
Deputy Clerk (interpretation): Orders of the day for April 29.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole and Bills and Other Matters
This House stands adjourned until Friday, April 29, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.
Friday April 29, 2005
Pages 2447 – 2496
Opening Prayer 2447
Ministers’ Statements 2447
Members’ Statements 2449
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 2458
Oral Questions 2458
Return to Item 5: Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 2475
Tabled Documents 2476
First Reading of Bills 2477
Second Reading of Bills 2478
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 2479
Report of the Committee of the Whole 2494
Orders of the Day 2495
Friday, April 29, 2005 2447
113 – 2(2): Emergency Preparedness Program (Kilabuk) 2447
114 – 2(2): Home & Community Care Program (Brown) 2448
115 – 2(2): Certificate in Nunavut Public Services Studies (Tapardjuk) 2448
298 – 2(2): Letters from Youths of Rankin Inlet (Curley) 2449
299 – 2(2): Environmental Issues – Contaminated Sites (Arreak) 2452
300 – 2(2): Protest in Kugluktuk (Evyagotailak) 2453
301 – 2(2): Recognition of Lootie Pijamini (Barnabas) 2454
302 – 2(2): Congratulations to Mona Evetalegak and Kelly Niptanatiak (Peterson) 2455
303 – 2(2): Passing of Two Elders in Pangnirtung (Kilabuk) 2456
304 – 2(2): Constituency Meeting in Gjoa Haven and Taloyoak (Aglukkaq) 2457
305 – 2(2): Sanikiluaq Residents Hunting for Geese/Fishing Derby (Kattuk) 2457
379 – 2(2): Complaints in the Workplace (Tootoo) 2458
380 – 2(2): Operation of the Arena Complex in Kugluktuk (Evyagotailak) 2461
381 – 2(2): Update on Emergency Snow Clearing Fund (Netser) 2462
382 – 2(2): Municipal Operations Problems (Barnabas) 2464
383 – 2(2): Update on Negotiations on Contaminated Sites (Arreak) 2466
384 – 2(2): Community Gravel Pits (Mapsalak) 2468
385 – 2(2): Superintendent Responsibilities for the Proposed Regulations to the Wildlife Act (Curley) 2469
386 – 2(2): Polar Bear Population in the Hudson Bay Area (Kattuk) 2472
387 – 2(2): New Members for Board of Directors for Qulliq Energy Corporation (Peterson) 2473
130 – 2(2): Photographs of Cape Christian Abandoned Buildings (Arreak) 2476
131 – 2(2): Ministerial Travel for Fiscal Year 2004-05 (Okalik) 2477
132 – 2(2): 2005 Annual Report of the Utility Rate Review Council of Nunavut (Okalik) 2477
Bill 15 – An Act to Amend the Wildlife Act – First Reading 2477
Bill 19 – Legislative Assembly Statutes Amendments Act – First Reading 2477
Bill 16 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2005-06 – First Reading 2478
Bill 17 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operation & Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2005-2006 – First Reading 2478
Bill 16 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2005-06 – Second Reading 2478
Bill 17 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operation & Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2005-2006 – Second Reading 2479
Friday, April 29, 2005
Speaker (interpretation): I would like to ask Mr. Netser to open the meeting with the opening prayer.
Good morning, Mr.Clerk.
Minister’s Statement 113 – 2(2): Emergency Preparedness Program
As the Minister responsible for the Nunavut Civil Emergency Measures Act, I would like to inform my colleagues and Nunavummiut that on May 1st to 7th is a National Emergency Preparedness Week 2005.
This year’s program asked a very simple question, “Are you prepared?”
Everyone has the social responsibility to examine their role in emergency preparedness and to be able to work together to more effectively face emergencies.
Individuals can and do make a difference in an emergency if they are prepared.
At the community level, it is essential that all components work closely together – these include local governments, emergency services, volunteers, the media, health institutions and schools.
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to remind all Nunavut’s Hamlets that the Department of Community and Government Services, through its Nunavut Emergency Services division, offers various services and programs to the communities.
I would like to stress the need for Hamlets to contact the department whenever emergency operations are undertaken to ensure that they take advantage of those services and programs.
Generations of Nunavummiut know through their experience on the land that emergency preparedness is everyone’s business, and that by working together we can ensure a safer and more secure quality of life for all.
Minister’s Statement 114 – 2(2): Home & Community Care Program
I rise today to inform the members that the Department of Health and Social Services continues to build the Home & Community Care Program.
The Home & Community Care program is a very successful coordinated system of home and community based health services.
The program is a successful initiative that enables our residents with disabilities, illnesses and the elderly to receive the care they need in their own home and in their own community.
Home & Community Care services are available in all Nunavut communities.
The Home & Community Care program supports services such as homemaking, personal care, nursing care and respite care.
These services are provided to individuals based on assessed need.
Today, approximately 860 clients are receiving services through this Program.
This demonstrates a growth of 105 clients in a four month period.
Health Canada has provided an additional $41,520 for recruitment and retention initiatives bringing our current funding for 2004-2005 to over $4.8 million.
The First Nations and Inuit Home & Community Care program, which is supplementary to the previously existing Government of Nunavut, is now in its fifth year of implementation and delivery.
The Home & Community Care Program is essential as it contributes to our goal of bringing more care closer to home.
Minister’s Statement 115 – 2(2): Certificate in Nunavut Public Services Studies
I would like to take the opportunity today to update my colleagues on the Nunavut Public Studies Certificate Programs, which is an accredited program designed for Government of Nunavut employees who are interested in gaining more knowledge, skills and insight in the area of public administration.
The Department of Human Resources partnered with Carleton University in 2002/2003 to develop this program, which consists of eight courses that make up one year of university towards a Public Administration degree.
Courses in the program have been completed in three communities across Nunavut – Cambridge Bay, Arviat and Iqaluit.
I am pleased to say that the course completion and enrollment rates for this program are increasing.
Although this program has taken some time to be fully implemented, the result is a very effective delivery model that includes customized curriculum for Nunavut, on-site visits by the instructors, learning facilitators in all three communities and web-assisted learning.
It is through these support structures that our employees will succeed in completing the program.
The Certificate in Nunavut Public Service Studies is an excellent example of our commitment to Ilippallianginnarniq.
The participation of our employees in this program is commendable, given the course work involved and the participants’ busy workloads and personal responsibilities.
Member’s Statement 298 – 2(2): Letters from Youths of Rankin Inlet
I would like to complete this statement because the documents that I received from the students is very important.
I would like to read them.
I remember when I was going to school in Ottawa there was a message in regards to the regulations on the Coates Island caribou.
Patterk Netser and his father, at that time the government used to say things that weren’t true and I wanted to see those documents and I wanted to see the policy and I didn’t know what the policy was.
That was the first assignment that I ever had.
The Maani Oluyuk students have requested quite a few things and I would like to ask the Minister of Education to listen to this.
They have written to me in Inuktitut.
I don’t mind if it takes all day to read this, but some of those individuals are on a first name basis.
It says, “ Dear Mr. Curley,
My name is Jerome Misiraalaaq.
I am fifteen years old and I am a resident of your riding.
The problem that I am writing to you about is the stuff up here are too expensive and it takes quite a while to get the stuff up here and we don’t have that much money to take care of some the stuff that we need to take care of.
Examples, power bills, water, sewage and garbage.
The solution for that is the thing that I am thinking of is the road from Churchill to Arviat and later on we can start building roads to Whale Cove, other than Rankin Inlet.
We would benefit by making prices down, example, airfares, more tournaments, and so on.
Thank you for your time and efforts, Mr. Tagak Curley.
I will be waiting for your letter.”
I would like the Minister of Transportation to take a note of that.
The other letter that I am reading is, “My name is Laurie Tagoona.
I am fifteen years old and I live in Rankin Inlet.
I am writing to you about recreational activities for youth.
The MUI gym is always booked by the Hamlet and there is very little time for young athletes to practice.
I play for the Rankin Inlet girl’s soccer team and we only get one hour and fifteen minutes to practice. We also get another hour and fifteen minutes, which is shared with other teams.
The gym is also closed during the summer, which really holds back an athlete’s potential to excel in whatever sport they are involved in.
During the winter the Hamlet has the gym from about six to eleven each night and during this time only people 18 or over could play or watch.
Youth can’t even go jogging any more.
I think the hamlet should get on, get their own facility to hold their own sports.
It may be expensive, but it would really benefit the youth of Rankin Inlet.
New sports could be introduced with more time to give out.
MUI could be the gym work as they go during winter.
Speaker (interpretation): I’m sorry your time is up now.
Mr. Curley (interpretation): I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.
They have to be in record.
If I don’t complete them today, I will complete them next week.
I think the hamlet should get their own facility to hold their own sports.
MUI gym could be where young athletes go during the winter.
The hamlet facility could be where the older group goes.
Thank you for taking time to read this letter.
It is greatly appreciated.
I will be waiting for your response.
I now submit this note to the Minister of CGS.
Hello, my name is Tara Green and I’m 15 years old.
I live in Rankin Inlet.
I’m writing to you about a new community gym.
Our community gym is right now located at MUI school.
It is only open when the school is open.
So, there is nothing to do in the summer when there is a holiday and teenagers should be able to participate in sports because you have to be 18 to participate.
I don’t find that fair for us as teenagers, we have not much to do here.
Also, the school needs the gym for their school teams.
A new community gym would be good during holidays and summer breaks so that the athletes of Rankin Inlet will have something to do.
There should be days where the gym is only open to adults and days where the gym is only open to teenagers.
It would also be good for the athletes at MUI because they would have more time to practice in their own gym.
I just want to read one more note, Mr. Speaker.
I know I’m taking time.
Mr. Tagak Curley,
My name is Victoria Itinnuar and I’m 15 years old and from Rankin Inlet.
I’m writing to you about the gym being closed during the summer and not have any outdoor sports to play for kids that have nothing to do for the summer.
During the summer, a lot of youth don’t have jobs because there simply aren’t enough jobs for all the youth in Rankin Inlet.
While the gym is closed during the summer, the kids without summer jobs don’t have very much to do.
Also, there are outdoor events going on down south during the summer that some youth would very much like to join.
But it would be hard to do that without any outdoor sports in Rankin Inlet.
We would be much more successful to win if we have something to practice on outside.
I think that if we have an outdoor soccer field to practice during the summer, then youth that play during the winter would have bigger chance representing Nunavut Arctic Winter Games.
Not only the Arctic Winter Games, but also other events going on in different places.
If it is not soccer, then I think there could be other sports like street hockey, basketball in better conditions, safer places.
I would like to thank you in taking time to read my letter and I hope to hear from you to see improvement in our own town.
Victoria Itinnuar.
I will continue with them next week.
Member’s Statement 299 – 2(2): Environmental Issues – Contaminated Sites
Mr. Arreak: Mr. Speaker, I rise today with respect to environmental issues that affect all of us.
I have asked questions on these issues in the past, but they remain a great concern to harvesters in my community.
There are two well known contaminated sites in my constituency.
Both Cape Christian and old Clyde River have received attention from the federal government and the Government of Nunavut.
Mr. Speaker, in August of 2004, I received a copy of a letter from the Minister of Community and Government Services indicating that the Cape Christian site is a shared responsibility with the federal government and that the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada had been unable to identify funding to undertake their share of the work.
The letter further stated that the entire site may be a federal responsibility.
In December 2004, the second 2004-2005 capital supplementary appropriation was approved in this House.
That appropriation provided for the carry over of the entire budget - $300,000 – for the Cape Christian Environmental Impact project.
In response to questions raised during our review of the appropriation in Committee of the Whole, the Minister of Finance provided Members with a letter, dated December 15, 2004, indicating that discussions on the project were ongoing with INAC.
My constituents are extremely concerned by the impact that this contaminated site is having on wildlife and waterways in the area and through the wildlife, the impact on the people.
According to INAC’s 2002-2003 Performance Report for the Contaminated Sites Program, the remediation risk management strategy has been completed but not yet implemented.
(interpretation): Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.
Mr. Arreak (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker and members of the House. (interpretation ends): It is not clear to me what the status of this site is now that we are in the 2005-06 fiscal year.
At the appropriate time I will asking the Minister on this issue and at the appropriate time I will be tabling the pictures of the Cape Christian site.
Member’s Statement 300 – 2(2): Protest in Kugluktuk
Mr. Evygotailak (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Earlier this year I rose in this House to acknowledge the hard work being done by the Hamlet of Kugluktuk to reduce its deficit.
I rise today to raise some concerns and seek solutions about this situation.
I’m sure that Members noted that Kugluktuk received front page coverage in News North this week.
Approximately 50 people marched to the Hamlet office to protest the decision to close the arena complex this year.
This morning the Hamlet announced that the arena complex may be open next season.
The increased municipal funding that was announced last week will go towards ice in the rinks but it is not clear that it will be enough money to keep the arena open.
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Organizing Committee recently chose their logo.
I find it very sad that the 2010 Olympic logo will be an Inukshuk when Hamlets in Nunavut are struggling to keep recreation facilities open.
This government has frequently expressed its commitment to our youth.
Closing recreation facilities can only harm them.
There are young athletes in Kugluktuk who will not be able to practice their sport this winter if the arena complex is closed.
This government has also expressed its commitment to Elders.
One of the signs held by protesters last Monday said: What about Elders?
The Elders also use the arena complex for their events.
Mr. Speaker, I am seeking unanimous consent to conclude my statements.
Mr. Evygotailak (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker and my fellow Members of the Legislative Assembly. (interpretation ends): One of the signs held by the protesters last Monday said: What about Elders?
The Elders also you the arena complex for their events.
I would like to see the Government of Nunavut working closely with the Hamlet to find a concrete solution to keep our arena open.
I have stood in this House to applaud the work done by volunteers in Kugluktuk.
I believe that with support from the Government of Nunavut, volunteers and community groups can find a way to ensure that the arena is open next winter.
We cannot forget that the Hamlet’s debt is a result of the completion of the arena floor.
The Hamlet of Kugluktuk paid a lot to complete the arena.
If the arena is closed, the cost to the people of Kugluktuk will not be measured in dollars and cents.
It will be measured in a lack of opportunities to come together as a community, learn new skills and share knowledge.
In July 2004, a municipal supervisor was appointed for the Hamlet.
The term of that appointment will expire in less than three months time.
It is not clear what position the Hamlet will be in when that happens.
Member's Statement 301 – 2(2): Recognition of Lootie Pijamini
I rise today to talk about the issue of carvers and artists in Nunavut.
I am sure that you have seen carving, such as the one that is in the middle of the Assembly.
This was made by Lootie Pijamini.
Lootie Pijamini was born in 1953 in Clyde River.
He has been carving for the last twelve years.
Mr. Pijamini has made 15 carvings per day at the maximum.
In the 1980s he had an art show displaying his products.
In the 1990s he had an art show depicting the metal works that he had created.
It shows you what you can do with the different products that are available out there.
He has made rings and carvings and ornaments.
He was also one of the instructors of the Metal Works program that was held in Arctic College.
Mr. Pijamini has had recognition of various types.
Mr. Pijamini won the Eastern Arctic Fine Arts Crafts competition in 1994.
He also won two awards for art work.
There are different artists in the Eastern Arctic including Labrador, Quebec, Greenland and Western Arctic.
This coming year, there will be another competition and again, Lootie was the winner.
There are no nays Mr. Barnabas.
In 1996 he was the first one to win a competition in the Great Northern Arts Festival in Inuvik as one of 70 competitors.
Some were from Skagway, Alaska and all the way up to Grise Fiord.
He has also participated in the Nunavut Arts and Crafts Festival.
Mr. Pijamini has made a huge contribution to give recognition to the arts created in Nunavut.
His works of arts is recognized world wide, from Greece to Mexico, in the United States as well as Canada.
It is little wonder that Nunavut arts is widely recognizable.
This carving that you see in front of you depicts a marine mammal and in Inuktitut we would call the mermaid Tuutalik, I don’t know where Sedna came from, but in the Inuktitut language we call her Tuutalik.
She is the mother of all marine life.
As you can see, she is using marine mammals as her mode of transportation.
I congratulate Mr. Lootie Pijamini, his wife and their children and their two grand children, Lynn in Grise Fiord.
He gives instruction in Nunavut communities in order to strengthen the quality of our work.
Member's Statement 302 – 2(2): Congratulations to Mona Evetalegak and Kelly Niptanatiak
I am pleased to rise today to inform the House about the dedication, commitment and perseverance of two of my constituents who have pursued their educational and career goals.
On April 15th of this year, Mona Akoluk Evetalegak and Kelly Louise Kaiktak Niptanatiak graduated with Certificates as Educators in Inuit and Native Childcare Services.
Mr. Speaker, it wasn’t easy for the two individuals but both met the challenge head-on and succeeded.
Both are married and have 8 children between them.
Their spouses and children supported and encouraged them while they attended their program and held jobs at the daycare.
The program, offered by CEGEP de St. Felicien, a private college based in Montreal, began in 2002 with 12 students and was supported by the Hamlet Council and the Cambridge Bay Childcare Society.
The Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission funded the program.
There were times, Mr. Speaker, when program funding was in doubt and qualified instructors to teach the courses were hard to find.
A former resident and instructor from Cambridge Bay, Treena Sturgeon, returned from Hall Beach specifically to teach the remaining course.
We are grateful to her for doing that.
Mr. Speaker, it is comforting to parents to know that while they are at work their children are left in the care of trained and experienced childcare professionals. It is very reassuring when our children look forward to going to the daycare everyday.
There is an old saying that it takes an entire community to raise a child.
Adults, whether they are parents, teachers, childcare workers, business leaders or politicians should always be searching for ways to make a child’s life safer, loving, caring and fun as they grow up.