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Can the minister tell us how many showcase climate-controlled units he thinks will be needed across Nunavut in order to properly provide storage and also to provide the opportunity for Nunavummiut to look at these artefacts?
Hon. Paul Okalik (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) This is a start. This will be our first test run. From there, we will learn from that and determine how we can partner with the communities on proper places to store our artefacts.
We want to showcase them wherever possible and to provide them with protection.
With the infrastructure that we have throughout the territory, it may be a challenge in some communities, so it may take a little longer. I can’t readily explain exactly where and when these showcases will be put in place throughout Nunavut. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Can the minister tell us then how he came up with the $500,000 budget?
Hon. Paul Okalik (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) We talked with the people in the Prince of Whales, for example, which have some experience in these showcases, as well as other museums. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
It seems to me, if you have a budget of $500,000, you would have discussed, perhaps, at least how many communities some of these items will be going to. Can you elaborate a little bit more on your discussions with the other people who are experts in this area?
Hon. Paul Okalik (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) We have reviewed submissions from the communities as well that have projects that are coming up that would like to see some of these projects include showcasing of culture. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Can the minister tell us which communities have contacted his department and have indicated that kind of interest?
Hon. Paul Okalik (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) So far, we have received a submission from the Kivalliq Inuit Association, Cape Dorset, and as well, I know that Kugluktuk, the new centre there, is a project that we also helped out. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Can the minister tell us if these requests are for new requests or have you already stored items there in the past and you’re going to be providing them with new ones?
Can you elaborate on what’s going on there?
Hon. Paul Okalik (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) These are new projects. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
My last question, how many cultural infrastructure buildings do we currently have in Nunavut?
Hon. Paul Okalik (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) We have about seven that we can point to that have some of our cultural artefacts throughout Nunavut. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I have no more names. Culture and Heritage.
Branch Summary. Directorate. Total Capital Expenditures. $560,000.
Chairman: We will go back to page F-2.
Department Summary. Culture and Heritage. Detail of Expenditures.
Total Capital Expenditures. $560,000.
Chairman: Do members agree that we have concluded the Department of Culture and Heritage?
Chairman: Minister Okalik, do you have any closing comments?
I want to thank my colleagues for their assistance as we are currently planning projects that will eventually surface in our future.
I will take great pleasure in opening any future showcases that we have planned for.
I also want to extend my immense gratitude to my officials for continuously providing information that we want to receive.
Thank you and I hope you have a great day.
Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the guests out.
Before the next, we will take a five-minute break.
>>Committee recessed at 16:10 and resumed at 16:12
Bill 08 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2015-2016 – Legislative Assembly – Consideration in Committee
Chairman: I would like to call the committee back to order. Welcome back.
Mr. Speaker, do you have officials that you would like to appear before the Committee of the Whole?
Speaker: Yes, I would.
Chairman: Does the committee agree to allow his officials to go to the witness table?
Chairman: Sergeant-at-Arms, please allow the officials to go to the witness table.
For the record, Mr. Speaker, introduce your staff.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) To my right is Mr. John Quirke, the Clerk, and to my left is Mr. Mike Rafter, Director of Corporate Services.
Chairman: Thank you. Please proceed with your opening comments, Mr. Speaker.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. (interpretation ends) It is a pleasure for me to appear before you and members today to present the proposed 2015-16 Capital Estimates of the Office of the Legislative Assembly.
As members will note, the 2015-16 capital budget for the Office of the Legislative Assembly is $335,000.
Our priority areas for the coming fiscal year include ongoing investments in equipment and furniture for the Assembly and members’ offices, in addition to enhancements and upgrades to the Legislative Assembly’s audiovisual, Hansard, and information technology systems.
I would be pleased to answer any questions that members may have. (interpretation) Thank you.
That’s including the ministers.
I will now open the floor for questions starting on page A-3.
That’s including questions from the ministers.
Total Capital Expenditures. $320,000.
Total Capital Expenditures. $1,500…oh. $15,000.
Chairman: Go to page A-2.
Total Capital Expenditures. $335,000.
Chairman: Do members agree that we have concluded the Office of the Legislative Assembly?
Closing comments, Mr. Speaker.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. I am grateful to the members for approving the capital estimates we provided to the committee overseeing these matters.
Sergeant, please escort the guests out.
Members, you can go to Bill 8 in your legislative binders.
Bill 8, Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2015-2016.
Amounts Appropriated for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2016.
Total Capital Appropriation. $205,610,000.
Chairman: Do members agree to Bill 8 as a whole?
Chairman: Do members agree that pursuant to Rule 62(2) that Bill 8 can immediately be placed on the orders of the day for third reading?
Chairman: What is the wish of the committee?
I wish to make a motion to report progress at this time.
Your committee has been considering Bill 8 and would like to report that Bill 8 is immediately ready for third reading.
Bill 08 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2015-2016 – Third Reading
Hon. Keith Peterson: Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Pangnirtung, that Bill 8, Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2015-2016, be read for the third time.
The motion is passed and Bill 8 is ready for assent.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) This House stands adjourned until Wednesday, November 5, at 1:30 p.m.
>>House adjourned at 16:25  Appendix – November 4, 2014 Return to Oral Question 237 – 4(2): Oil and Gas Development
Asked by: Ms. Angnakak, MLA (Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu)
Asked of: Hon. George Kuksuk, Minister of Economic Development and Transportation
Date: October 28, 2014
The government’s current business plan states that, and I quote, “Nunavut has significant petroleum potential. Current estimates place its conventional undiscovered resources at 25% of Canada’s conventional crude oil resources and 34% of Canada’s conventional natural gas resources.
Significant future exploration activity will be required for a more accurate picture of Nunavut’s oil and gas potential.”
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to respond to the question asked by Ms. Angnakak, Member for Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu, who asked on Tuesday, October 28, what actions the Department of Economic Development and Transportation is taking to support oil and gas exploration activity in the territory.
Nunavut and our surrounding waters hold a large portion of Canada’s petroleum resources, and we want to make sure that companies involved in exploration activities have certainty about our regulatory processes.
However, if or petroleum resources are to be developed, it is essential that they be developed in a way which maximizes benefits to Nunavummiut and minimizes the impact on the environment.
Offshore petroleum resources fall under the jurisdiction of two federal bodies: the National Energy Board and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC).
We are working with these organizations to ensure that petroleum resources are developed responsibly.
One option that the department and other stakeholders are discussing is to work more closely on a strategic environmental assessment, or SEA. The federal government, through AANDC, has begun work on an SEA for the Baffin Bay and Davis Strait waters.
A strategic environmental assessment examines the potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of petroleum development.
AANDC has invited the participation of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, my own department, and individual communities which may be affected by any petroleum development.
The department will work to expand the importance of the SEA in decisions made by the federal government to develop petroleum resources in the territory and this includes exploration activities.
Our government recognizes the importance of community readiness before long-term development projects, such as those related to oil and gas development, are initiated.
We are also working to determine whether petroleum development is something that Nunavummiut want at this point and how they would like to see it happen.
To this end, my department will be providing leadership in organizing the Nunavut Oil and Gas Summit in Iqaluit in January 2015.
The summit will address questions of Nunavut’s readiness on all issues surrounding oil and gas, and it is my hope that this can be the first step towards developing a set of guiding principles pertaining to oil and gas development for Nunavut.
In summary, my department will continue to work to make sure that the people of Nunavut see a return on potential petroleum development and that any such development does not occur against the wishes of Nunavummiut.
I hope this answers the member’s question.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Pages 1525– 1581
Opening Prayer 1525
Ministers’ Statements 1525
Oral Questions 1539
Tabling of Documents 1554
Revert to Item 5: Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 1555
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 1556
Report of the Committee of the Whole 1579
Third Reading of Bills 1579
Orders of the Day 1580
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 1525
084 – 4(2): It Starts at Home, Family Engagement: A Resource for Nunavut Schools (Quassa) 1525
085 – 4(2): Influenza Vaccination Campaign (Ell) 1526
086 – 4(2): By-law Officer Training Offered by MTO (Sammurtok) 1526
087 – 4(2): Congratulations to Finance’s Recent Accounting Graduates (Peterson) 1528
179 – 4(2): Granddaughter’s Member’s Statement (Akoak) 1528
180 – 4(2): Memory of Terrible Accident with Wife (Mapsalak) 1529
181 – 4(2): Tribute to Wife (Shooyook) 1529
182 – 4(2): Tribute to the Qayuqturvik Society (Angnakak) 1530
183 – 4(2): Grandson’s First Walrus (Mike) 1530
184 – 4(2): Movember – A Tribute to Fred Elias (Peterson) 1531
185 – 4(2): Jordan Konek of Arviat (Kuksuk) 1532
186 – 4(2): Recognition of Search and Rescue Volunteer Robert Oolamik (Mikkungwak) 1532
Return to Oral Question 252 – 4(2): Assistance for Seniors (Ugyuk) 1534
299 – 4(2): Oil and Gas Development (Angnakak) 1539
300 – 4(2): Assistance for Seniors (Hickes) 1540
301 – 4(2): Communications between Frontline Workers (Joanasie) 1541
302 – 4(2): Options for Housing Construction (Sammurtok) 1543
303 – 4(2): Airport Mobile Equipment (Rumbolt) 1544
304 – 4(2): Solid Waste Management in Arviat (Savikataaq) 1545
305 – 4(2): Housing Associations and Authorities (Mapsalak) 1547
306 – 4(2): Abuse of Income Support – Need for Policy (Enook) 1548
307 – 4(2): Seniors’ Programs Eligibility (Mikkungwak) 1550
308 – 4(2): Baffin Correctional Centre (Angnakak) 1552
309 – 4(2): Housing Associations and Authorities (Mapsalak) 1553
075 – 4(2): FPT Ministers Responsible for Culture and Heritage September 9, 2014 (Okalik) 1554
076 – 4(2): FPT 19th Ministerial Conference on the Canadian Francophonie “Pan-Canadian Showcase: Government Support of the Contemporary Francophonie” (Okalik) 1554
077 – 4(2): 2013-2014 Annual Report on the Operation of the Medical Care Plan (Ell) 1555
078 – 4(2): 2013-2014 Child and Family Services Annual Report (Ugyuk) 1555
079 – 4(2): 2013-2014 Nunavut Liquor Commission Annual Report (Peterson) 1555
080 – 4(2): Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission’s 2013 Annual Report (Peterson) 1555
Bill 11 – An Act to Amend the Corrections Act – First Reading 1556
Bill 12 – An Act to Amend the Tobacco Tax Act – First Reading 1556
Bill 13 – An Act to Amend the Vital Statistics Act – First Reading 1556
Bill 04 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 4, 2013-2014 – Consideration in Committee 1557
Bill 05 – Write-off of Assets Act, 2013-2014 – Consideration in Committee 1562
Bill 06 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 2, 2014-2015 – Consideration in Committee 1567
Bill 07 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2014-2015 – Consideration in Committee 1571
Bill 04 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 4, 2013-2014 – Third Reading 1579
Bill 05 – Write-off of Assets Act, 2013-2014 – Third Reading 1579
Bill 06 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 2, 2014-2015 – Third Reading 1580
Good afternoon, members, ministers, and all Nunavummiut. Welcome.
(interpretation ends) Item 2. (interpretation) Ministers’ Statements. (interpretation ends) Hon. Minister Mr. Quassa.
Minister’s Statement 084 – 4(2): It Starts at Home, Family Engagement: A Resource for Nunavut Schools (Quassa)
Good day, my colleagues and the people of Nunavut and Igloolik, as well as all the people watching the proceedings.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a new resource for schools, It Starts at Home, Family Engagement: A Resource for Nunavut Schools.
The Government of Nunavut has stated in its mandate document, Sivumut Abluqta, that education is its top priority.
Mr. Speaker, our goal is to make sure that all Nunavut students receive high-quality education.
To help us reach this goal, the Department of Education will be focusing on improving family engagement.
We know that parents are a child’s first and most important teacher.
Parental and family support plays a key role in making sure our students attend class regularly, on time, and mentally and physically ready to learn. Students will be successful learners by following this path.
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, this document was prepared in collaboration with the Nunavut Teachers Association to provide schools and families with information and strategies to help increase family engagement in schools throughout Nunavut.
The research-based information and strategies in this guide can help schools and families support students to reach their full academic potential.
It Starts At Home – Family Engagement: A Resource for Nunavut Schools provides comprehensive information on family engagement and other topics, such as report cards, parent-teacher meetings, homework, Internet safety, and cyber bullying.
(interpretation) Mr. Speaker, our goal is to have families, communities, and school staff working together in culturally appropriate ways to create a strong foundation of support that will encourage student success.
It Starts at Home is a resource that will help us build that foundation.
Minister’s Statement 085 – 4(2): Influenza Vaccination Campaign (Ell)
Later today, I will be participating in the influenza vaccination clinic in the foyer of the Legislative Assembly to get my flu vaccine.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage Nunavummiut to get their influenza vaccine because it’s the easiest way we can protect ourselves and our families and friends from getting influenza.
Once I have been vaccinated, I can take comfort in the fact that I won’t pass the virus to others, especially those at greatest risk, such as the very young and the elderly. Immunization is the most effective and easiest way to prevent influenza and to prevent the spread of this serious illness.
Mr. Speaker, the Department of Health has enough vaccine to vaccinate more than 50 percent of the population.
Again this year, we have FluMist, which is a nasal mist vaccine, available for children aged 2 to 17.
The vaccine is available in all of our health centres and is free for everyone.
Mr. Speaker, influenza does affect Nunavummiut. During the 2013-14 flu season, we had 108 confirmed cases of influenza A and 8 confirmed cases of influenza B. Our health care team suspects there were many more cases because not everyone seeks health care or is tested when they are sick.
Mr. Speaker, we can all do our part this year by getting our influenza vaccination. I encourage everyone to join me at the afternoon break to get their vaccination.
Minister’s Statement 086 – 4(2): By-law Officer Training Offered by MTO (Sammurtok)
I’ll be making my statement in English.
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to introduce a new training program available to Nunavummiut offered through the Municipal Training Organization.
The Department of Community and Government Services, in partnership with the Municipal Training Organization, funds a program for Nunavummiut interested in developing skills in the field of municipal governance.
The Municipal Governance Program offered through Nunavut Arctic College and funded by the MTO and CGS provides students an opportunity to learn core competencies in public administration, leading to a Diploma in Municipal Governance.
As part of this program, students are able to take college-accredited courses specific to their job or career path in one of seven career streams: Finance Officer, Senior Administrative Officer, Works Foreman, Recreation Leader, Office Administrator, Economic Development Officer, and Planning and Lands Administrator.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to advise the House today that an 8th career stream has been added to the Municipal Governance Program this year for students interested in public safety and municipal enforcement.
The new by-law officer stream provides students with training in crisis management, dispute resolution, firearm safety, municipal law, and vehicle safety to prepare them with practical skills they can use on the job.
Course materials were developed over the past year by MTO and CGS, in consultation with active municipal by-law officers from throughout the territory.
This week, MTO started delivering the first two of five college-accredited by-law officer courses for this new program.
The new by-law officer stream of the Municipal Governance Program also achieves the aims set out in a resolution passed at last year’s Nunavut Association of Municipalities (NAM) and Nunavut Association of Municipal Administrators (NAMA) to provide more skilled training for municipal by-law officers.
As part of that resolution, CGS has helped create a territorial association of municipal peace officers, the first of its kind in Nunavut.
Mr. Speaker, this is an exciting opportunity for all Nunavummiut with an interest in public safety and municipal enforcement.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Nunavut Arctic College for their assistance in delivering college-accredited training courses for the Municipal Governance Program.
I must also thank the Municipal Training Organization for their tireless work in developing and delivering high-calibre courses that directly respond to the needs of our communities.
CGS is grateful for their ongoing partnership and cooperation.
Finally, Mr. Speaker, I wish all the by-law officers enrolled in this course the best as they move forward in achieving their Diploma in Municipal Governance. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Ministers’ Statements. (interpretation ends) Hon. Minister Mr. Peterson.
Minister’s Statement 087 – 4(2): Congratulations to Finance’s Recent Accounting Graduates (Peterson)
Hon. Keith Peterson: Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize the achievements of two finance employees who recently earned their accounting designations.
Dennesha Ferguson from our Financial Reporting and Controls Division at the Department of Finance graduated from the Certified General Accountants program.
Frank Skoda, sitting in the Gallery over there, from our Expenditure Management Division has graduated from the Certified Management Accountants program.
This is a proud moment for Dennesha, Frank, and the Government of Nunavut.
Accountants perform many important functions in our government, including financial planning, risk and financial management, budget and tax planning, among many other tasks.
Dennesha has worked for the Government of Nunavut for more than 11 years, the last two years with the Department of Finance preparing notes and schedules for the public accounts.
She spent the majority of her time with the Government of Nunavut working for the Nunavut Housing Corporation in Cape Dorset.
The district director characterized Dennesha as being extremely well organized and dedicated, acting on many occasions as the district comptroller and keeping tight controls on district finances.
As the treasury analyst since 2012, Frank is responsible for monitoring the government’s cash flow position and federal revenue, providing advice to the Financial Management Board, and ensuring due diligence with respect to borrowing and our debt cap.
Both the CGA and the CMA programs are very demanding and require dedication and sacrifice.
I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Dennesha Ferguson and Frank Skoda on their successful completion of these accounting programs.
Member’s Statement 179 – 4(2): Granddaughter’s Member’s Statement (Akoak)
Good afternoon, (interpretation) Inuit, Nunavummiut, and the people of Gjoa Haven.
(interpretation ends) I rise today to remind all members, regular members and ministers, that who is watching our sitting is not only the news people, not only the elders, and not only the teenagers. We’ve got little young people watching, such as my granddaughter who is two years old. She was able to mention all of the regular members’ names earlier on.
Now she has graduated from that; she’s now making her own Member’s Statement.
Mr. Speaker, she stands up on a box and holds a toy mic, she makes her Member’s Statement, and when she’s done, she says, “Thank you” and takes a bow.
That’s who is watching us. I’m proud to say, like Hon. Minister Quassa, Minister of Education, it starts at home. That’s one of their programs.
Finally, Mr. Speaker, today is a very special day for my wife and I. It is our 37th wedding anniversary. This is the first time we are not together during our anniversary.
I would like to say a special happy anniversary to my wife.
Member’s Statement 180 – 4(2): Memory of Terrible Accident with Wife (Mapsalak)
I rise today to celebrate an event that happened on this day. Every time this day comes, I am reminded that I really have to be thankful.
I’m talking about November 5, 2012, when my precious wife and I were on our way home in bad weather by snowmobile when we fell off a cliff.
When we fell, the 400 lbs. Qamutiik landed on my wife’s face. Her face was injured badly.
Mr. Speaker, now I can say she has recovered. She looks the same as before. She can help others once again.
I’m very happy today to say that we are fine and I’m able to be here. Also, my wife is able to be home to help our children and other people.
Mr. Speaker, to my colleagues and fellow residents of Nunavut, this day to me is a very special day. I’m always very happy on this day.
Also the people who helped and rescued us, they struggled to come and get us and we are forever grateful to them this special day.
Member’s Statement 181 – 4(2): Tribute to Wife (Shooyook)
I rise today to pay tribute, as today is a day filled with happiness.
That is due to the fact that it involves my wife and that I take pride in her abilities, as she has raised 12 children under difficult circumstances.
Mr. Speaker, I am humbled to be proud of my wife. She has raised her children to the utmost of her ability to this day, even though many of her children are now adults.