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If I understood the member’s question correctly, determining which model to use to correlate the number of graduates is something we can’t divulge since I don’t have that kind of detail with me personally.
However, the three teaching models will also depend on the community’s language use.
If the community speaks more Inuktitut, then they would depend more on the Qulliq model.
I can state that the majority of the communities in Nunavut are using the Qulliq model, primarily due to the reason that the majority of the community speaks in Inuktitut.
Just to compare Iqaluit to the other communities, they are using the dual model, using both English and Inuktitut as languages of education. That is how they use these models.
Nonetheless, it hasn’t been clearly identified as to which model has the correlation to the higher number of graduates. I can state that in Baker Lake, they are using the Qulliq model at this time.
The reason I asked this question is because some DEA members have a two-year term and their terms are staggered from year to year.
If the DEA was all replaced, as is the right of voters to choose their own DEA members, how would you inform them the models, such as the Qulliq model that the minister mentioned? Can a newly elected DEA make a decision to change the model?
As I said, if DEA members chose to use one model in one year, that model would have to be in place for five years.
The DEAs in the communities are elected to three-year terms and when they reach the fourth year, the new DEA has to continue with the curriculum model as chosen by the previous DEA.
Once the fifth year has been reached, the DEA can elect to change the model.
Regardless of whether the DEA is completely new or not, they will still have to follow the agreement signed by the previous DEA that the model must be used for five years.
Education is our top priority in order for our children and young people to have a good future in Nunavut.
When do DEAs make a selection on the model for the high school and for the elementary school?
For example, in Baker Lake, we have two schools: Rachel Arngnammaktiq School and Jonah Amitnaaq School, which is the high school.
If the DEA chose that model, would both high schools and elementary schools have to use that model?
To respond briefly, no matter how many schools a DEA has in one community, the DEA is one entity and they make a decision for all the schools in a given community.
An Hon. Member: Nakurmiik Inuuk.
Question 318 – 4(2): Health Care Cards (Enook)
Today, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Health in regard to the health care card.
We tend to think that our government is always limited with their resources and that we’re always looking for ways to save money.
The health care cards look really nice. We have to renew them every two years.
Those cards don’t have a picture ID, but there is a number on there and I believe there is a map of Nunavut on it.
They have to be renewed every two years and I’m sure it costs a lot of money to reissue them.
I know that everything usually has a good reason.
I would like to know why the health care cards are only good for two years whereas driver’s licences can be used for five years and there is a picture on it.
I would like to find out exactly why it is two years.
Hon. Monica Ell (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to thank the member for his question.
Although I always want to respond to all of his questions, it is impossible to respond to every question.
The reason why the health care cards are only valid for two years is partly out of my hands. I talked about why there isn’t a picture ID on the health care card with my officials.
We have not made a decision on that yet.
I know that some people move out of the territory.
I know that’s one of the reasons why there is a two-year term. There are various reasons why it is a two-year term.
I don’t know the reason why it has been set at a two-year term. Once I determine that information, I will pass it on to the member.
Just recently, I was shown a health care card.
I believe it expired last year in 2013. The individual never got a new health care card.
Perhaps the minister might not be able to respond to my question, but I’ll ask it anyways.
The individual who showed me the health care card was out of Nunavut or had to be sent south for medical treatment, would that individual have a problem going to get health services because his health care card was expired?
Hon. Monica Ell (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would also like to thank the member. I know that some people lose their health care cards.
Sometimes we drop our ID cards from time to time.
The number on the health care card never changes and you can call for help at any health care facility.
I know that in the past, I have never really seen a problem occurring because of the expired health care cards.
I don’t think anyone should be overly alarmed about that.
Question 319 – 4(2): Cultural Orientation for Social Workers (Joanasie)
Mr. Speaker, I tried asking the minister about this last week and did not receive an answer, so I’ll ask again in hopes to get an answer today.
Can the minister explain why social services workers are using policies and procedures from a southern jurisdiction when all the studies and reports and the government’s own legislation states that Inuit societal values must be taken into consideration when implementing the law?
I had a meeting with my colleague regarding the concern that he raised in writing, which I passed on to my deputy minister.
I would like to tell my colleague that we apply Nunavut’s legislation when we’re dealing with our clients.
It is extremely important for social workers to receive the appropriate cultural orientation, especially for newcomers to the territory.
Can the minister identify who develops the training material for the orientation program for social workers and who delivers the programs?
I would like to thank my colleague for asking who develops the training material for the orientation of social workers.
It’s the directors who set up the orientation program.
We also place a priority on the recommendations that were made by the Office of the Auditor General in the training material that is being prepared.
We work with the Department of Culture and Heritage to develop the training material for new social workers Nunavut.
We had a meeting with respect to what the minister just indicated.
During our hearings on the Auditor General’s review of child and youth services, we learned that social workers were to receive training last month and in fact, the minister recognized a number of them here in the House.
Can the minister confirm that all Nunavut social workers have received the necessary and appropriate cultural orientation training?
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) Minister of Family Services, Hon. Minister Ms Ugyuk.
First of all, social workers have a very heavy workload and they have to see their clients, whether it is day or night.
I thank them very much for all the hard work they do to provide the appropriate services to the people.
I can tell my colleague that new social services workers are provided with all the required orientation training before assuming their new duties.
Question 320 – 4(2): Patients Living in Other Jurisdictions (Rumbolt)
Mr. Speaker, earlier today in Returns to Oral Questions, I would like to quote from her return.
It says, “Although guidance is available, individuals are responsible for contacting service providers, such as public housing and income support, in the new jurisdiction.”
Can the minister explain what guidance does her department provide to ensure that unilingual Nunavut residents on long-term Medicare are receiving adequate services in the other jurisdictions?
Medical clients sometimes have to be in the south for a long time. In my return, I indicated that the social workers talk with the clients to see which option would be best for the individual who is going to be down there for a long time.
When a patient is out for maybe two or three years for medical reasons in another jurisdiction, he probably becomes a resident of that province or territory.
I’m just wondering if the minister can explain what processes or policies that her department has to follow up with patients to ensure that they are living as comfortably as possible in that other jurisdiction.
I wonder if I can ask the member a question on what he is referring to when he says that if a patient is down for two or three more years, is the patient a resident of that province or still a resident of Nunavut, so that I can answer his question properly.
I know this is not normal practice, but I would like to answer him properly.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) Mr. Rumbolt, verify the question.
I’ll try to make it a bit clearer.
Mr. Chairman, as she stated in her return to oral questions, once a patient is down for 12 months, they are then required to apply for residency in the other jurisdiction.
My question to the minister is, after that term is up, sometimes the patient is going to be down there maybe for many years because of their medical condition under another jurisdiction.
They’re down there not because they wanted to become a resident there, but they had no choice for their treatment.
My question is: what is her department doing to do follow-ups on these long-term care patients to ensure that they’re receiving adequate services throughout the time of their Medicare?
Individual cases are very different and I would not want to assume what happens to specific or many individuals, as case by case is usually different.
Normally, an individual is assisted with a social worker from that particular province or if they’re in Nunavut, from here.
Arrangements are made to ensure that they have a proper transition and then once they become a resident of that province, the province looks after them.
When a patient is out in long-term care like that and if he’s not happy with the services that are being provided, is there any guidance or any help that is provided by the health department to ensure that the person is trying to make his stay in another jurisdiction as convenient as possible?
There are organizations in place with jurisdictions.
If we were looking at the Winnipeg jurisdiction, as an example, where most of the clients are from that the member is asking questions, there is a transitioning to a new jurisdiction and organizations can seek support from local organizations there, such as the Manitoba Urban Inuit Association.
Question 321 – 4(2): Support for Search and Rescue Volunteers (Mikkungwak)
Yesterday, I recognized a search and rescue volunteer who is finally retiring.
With winter coming, there’s going to be cold weather all over Nunavut, I’m sure.
In support of the search and rescue organizations, are the minister and his officials prepared for search and rescue operations in Nunavut?
One would prefer that these operations are not needed, but nevertheless, preparedness at all times is important when we live in a cold climate.
Yes, we always try to be prepared for search and rescue operations.
We don’t want to have people lost, but that is unrealistic, especially now that the weather is turning colder and all the gear for going out on the land can freeze and break down.
However, we are always prepared for the eventuality of the need for a search and rescue operation anywhere.
I am always worried about that.
I wonder if the minister has taken future operations of the search and rescue organizations into consideration, as they currently use their own machines to conduct these searches.
For the future operations related to mobile equipment, has any thought been given to providing the equipment to the search and rescue organizations in Nunavut?
I believe it was this spring when I made an announcement that we were initiating discussions with the various (interpretation ends) Inuit associations (interpretation) as well as the federal government to see how we can cooperatively fund mobile equipment specifically for search and rescue operations.
With the response that I am hearing, his department will be discussing this issue with the Inuit organizations. Will the study have a deadline and further, if it passes that deadline, as per the usual practice of providing a report after any meeting, will there be a report forthcoming?
The study to be conducted and our discussions with the organizations have a deadline. However, I don’t have the actual date of the completion date. Once the study is complete, a report will be released and tabled in this House.
We will proceed to Item 7.
Written Question 003 – 4(2): Workshops and Training for Parents (Angnakak)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Education and they continue the issue of workshops and training for parents.
Mr. Speaker, my written questions are very detailed, so I ask that they be entered into the record as read.
The early years of a child’s life are critical in the development of language, culture, values, and beliefs.
The Early Childhood Education Division of the Department of Education delivers a number of programs to promote early childhood issues.
The Department of Education’s annual reports for 2009-2010, 2010-11, and 2011-12, which were tabled in the Legislative Assembly on February 26 and September 13, 2013, indicate that the department has been working with parents to promote quality child care.
For each year, 2009-2010, 2010-11, and 2011-12:
What specific workshops and training opportunities were provided to parents to promote quality child care?
In which communities were workshops and training opportunities provided to promote quality child care?
How many parents participated in workshops and training opportunities that were provided to parents to promote quality child care?
What specific supports or training opportunities were provided to parents of children with special needs?
How many children with special needs were identified as requiring support from the department?
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) The member has asked that the written questions be entered into the record as read.
Written Question 004 – 4(2): Correctional Facilities, Recidivism Rates, and Rehabilitation Plans (Angnakak)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Justice and they concern the issue of correctional facilities in Nunavut.
As of November 1, 2014, how many adult and young offenders are serving sentences in territorial custody at the Baffin Correctional Centre, the Rankin Inlet Healing Facility, the Illavut Healing Centre, and the Iqaluit Young Offenders’ Centre?
As of November 1, 2014, how many individuals are incarcerated in territorial correctional facilities awaiting trial?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the average period of time before an individual on remand in territorial custody goes to trial?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the rate of recidivism for male adult offenders in territorial custody?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the rate of recidivism for male young offenders in territorial custody?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the rate of recidivism for female adult offenders in territorial custody?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the rate of recidivism for female young offenders in territorial custody?
As of November 1, 2014, what rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs are offered to adult offenders in territorial custody?
As of November 1, 2014, what rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs are offered to young offenders in territorial custody?
As of November 1, 2014, how does the Department of Justice measure the effectiveness of its rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs for adult offenders?
As of November 1, 2014, how does the Department of Justice measure the effectiveness of its rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs for young offenders?
From April 1, 2013 to April 1, 2014, what percentage of adult offenders in territorial custody participated in rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs?
From April 1, 2013 to April 1, 2014, what percentage of young offenders in territorial custody participated in rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs?
As of November 1, 2014, what rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs are offered to former adult offenders who have completed sentences in territorial correctional facilities?
As of November 1, 2014, what rehabilitation, counselling, and education programs are offered to former young offenders who have completed sentences in territorial correctional facilities?
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) Written Questions.
Written Question 005 – 4(2): Ministerial Travel (Enook)
My written questions today are for the Premier and they concern the issue of ministerial travel.
For the period November 19, 2013 to November 1, 2014, how many trips on official ministerial business were undertaken by:
The Hon. Peter Taptuna, MLA;
The Hon. Monica Ell, MLA;
The Hon. George Kuksuk, MLA;
The Hon. Johnny Mike, MLA;
The Hon. Paul Okalik, MLA;
The Hon. Paul Quassa, MLA;
The Hon. Tom Sammurtok, MLA; and
The Hon. Jeannie Ugyuk, MLA?
What was the purpose, itinerary and duration of each trip?
Within the meaning of the “Home Travel” provisions of the Government of Nunavut’s Ministerial Benefits Policy, how many trips were undertaken for the period November 19, 2013 to November 1, 2014, by:
What was the itinerary and duration of each trip?
Written Question 006 – 4(2): Staffing Status of the Department of Health (Hickes)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Health and they concern the issue of departmental staffing.
By position in the Department of Health, which positions are currently filled by:
Term employees;
Casual employees;
Individuals on contract; and
Internal transfers from other positions and/or departments?
With respect to the positions referred to in Question 1, how many of these positions are currently being filled in an acting capacity?
Written Question 007 – 4(2): Government of Nunavut Expenditures on Overtime Pay (Hickes)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Finance and they concern the issue of government expenditures on overtime pay.
Expressing the information in a comparable format to that which was provided in Return to Written Question 11 – 3(3), what were the Government of Nunavut’s expenditures on overtime pay for indeterminate, term, and casual employees during the 2012-13 and 2013-14 fiscal years for each of its departments, Crown agencies, and territorial corporations?
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) Written Questions. Mr. Mikkungwak.
Written Question 008 – 4(2): Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities of Local Housing Organizations (Mikkungwak)
Mr. Mikkungwak (interpretation): Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation ends) My written questions today are for the Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation and they concern the issue of roles, responsibilities, and authorities of local housing organizations.
The 2008 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut on the Nunavut Housing Corporation noted that “The Corporation’s public housing program is delivered by 25 community-based partners, according to agreements that outline the roles and responsibilities of both the Corporation and the community partner.”
As of November 1, 2014, how many separate management agreements were in place between the Nunavut Housing Corporation (NHC) and local housing organizations (LHOs) in Nunavut?
Broken down by community, on what date was the current management agreement between the NHC and the LHO formally signed?
Broken down by community, on what date does the current management agreement between the NHC and the LHO expire?
Broken down by community and expressed within the meaning of the relevant management agreement between the NHC and the LHO, what are the respective roles, responsibilities, and authorities of the NHC and LHOs in relation to the following areas:
Hiring of LHO employees;
Termination of LHO employees;
Approval of annual operating budgets for LHOs;
Acquisition of capital assets, including mobile equipment;
Approval of collective agreements with unions representing employees of LHOs;
Approval of public housing allocations;
Approval of evictions of public housing tenants; and
Initiation of collection actions in relation to tenant arrears?
To what extent do the current management agreements between the NHC and LHOs define the process by which an LHO’s status, within the meaning of sections 1 and 45 of the Nunavut Housing Corporation Act, may be converted from a “housing association” to a “housing authority”?
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) Written Questions. Mr. Mapsalak.
Written Question 009 – 4(2): Community Access Roads Program (Mapsalak)
Mr. Mapsalak (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation ends) My written questions today are for the Minister of Economic Development and Transportation and they concern the issues of the department’s Community Access Roads Program.
Broken down by community and project, what were the Department of Economic Development and Transportation’s actual expenditures under its Community Access Roads Program for the 2012-13 and 2013-14 fiscal years?
How many applications for funding under the Community Access Roads Program were received by the department in the 2012-13 fiscal year?
How many applications for funding under the Community Access Roads Program were approved by the department in the 2012-13 fiscal year?
How many applications for funding under the Community Access Roads Program were rejected by the department in the 2012-13 fiscal year?
How many applications for funding under the Community Access Roads Program were received by the department in the 2013-14 fiscal year?
How many applications for funding under the Community Access Roads Program were approved by the department in the 2013-14 fiscal year?
How many applications for funding under the Community Access Roads Program were rejected by the department in the 2013-14 fiscal year?
Written Question 010 – 4(2): Annual Fuel Purchases by the Government of Nunavut (Rumbolt)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Community and Government Services and they concern the issue of fuel purchases.
Expressing the information in the same format as that which the Government of Nunavut provided in Return to Written Question 23 – 3(3), what quantities of fuel were purchased and delivered in 2013 and 2014?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the current bulk fuel storage capacity in each of Nunavut’s communities?
From January 1, 2013 to November 1, 2014, which communities in Nunavut received fuel deliveries by airlift?
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) There is agreement.
Written Questions. Mr. Sammurtok.
Written Question 011 – 4(2): Government of Nunavut Responses to Resolutions of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities (Sammurtok)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Community and Government Services and they concern the issue of the government’s responses to resolutions adopted by the Nunavut Association of Municipalities.
What were the Government of Nunavut’s responses to the resolutions adopted at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities?
Written Questions. Mr. Savikataaq.
Written Question 012 – 4(2): Status of Decentralization (Savikataaq)
My written questions today are for the Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs and they concern the issue of decentralization.
Expressing the information in a comparable format to that which was provided in Return to Written Question 10-2(4), what is the status of the Government of Nunavut’s decentralization initiative as of November 1, 2014?
As of November 1, 2014, what is the status of the implementation of the “Key Actions,” “Key Recommendations” and “Timelines” contained in the Government of Nunavut’s Decentralization Action Plan, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on June 5, 2012?
Speaker: There is agreement. (interpretation) Thank you. (interpretation ends) Written Questions.