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The reverse osmosis takes out certain types of issues. For instance, that equipment could deal with the salinity issue in Sanikiluaq. We would only deploy it if we have a water quality issue that a reverse osmosis unit can satisfy in a short term.
Building new water infrastructure takes years to go through the capital planning process and do proper design, proper planning, and proper build.
We want to have this system to be able to deploy in case an emergency occurs so that we have something while we address a longer term solution.
One of the other projects on the Cape Dorset shearer, you’re carrying over $344,000.
Can the minister explain why they had to carry this project over?
The carryover amount would be the balance of the total contract that we’re carrying over.
Also I saw this equipment when it came into Cape Dorset. Was the equipment used for its purpose when it arrived?
No, it wasn’t used for the purpose as intended.
When it arrived, it was damaged in transit.
The plan is to repair it and use it next summer.
Maybe it was during shipping that it was damaged. Is that correct?
Yes, it was damaged during shipment.
I hope there was some insurance on it and that the repairs won’t be incurred by the government. Is this the case?
Yes, there are claims against the shipping company.
Yes, I recall that when this project was brought forth, it was going to be used in Cape Dorset and then afterwards it would be planned to be used in other communities.
It will be used two years in Cape Dorset in 2017-18 and then redeployed elsewhere.
They haven’t determined where it would be redeployed after Cape Dorset.
There’s one line item under here that says, “Sanikiluaq Water Infrastructure,” for $625,000.
I wonder if the minister could explain that line item please and exactly what that money is being spent on.
I’ve got paper coming down from both sides here.
The equipment would be used for a water treatment system to provide potable water by way of a cartridge filtration and chlorination system.
You’ve got a line item there, Chesterfield Inlet Water Treatment System.
I wonder if the minister or his officials can elaborate on what’s going to be done there.
The plan there would be to increase the efficiency of operations in the community, including the addition of a screening system and all necessary modifications to the system to support the resulting increase in flow rate in the community.
Can you explain the wastewater treatment project in Kugaaruk so that I can understand it better?
I thank Mr. Qirngnuq for that question.
That pertains to the sewage treatment in the community.
If there are repairs that are required to satisfy all the terms and conditions of the water licence, the compliance plan ensures there are no contraventions of Acts so that we can upgrade the sewage treatment facility.
Committee Motion 011 – 4(3): Motion to Extend Committee of the Whole to Conclude Bill 22 (Rumbolt)
Pursuant to Rule 6(1)(2), I wish that we would continue our sitting until we conclude Bill 22.
Chairman (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Rumbolt. There is a motion on the floor.
As the motion has been carried, we will continue until we conclude Bill 22.
We’re on the page we started with. (interpretation ends) Community and Government Services. Capital. Not Previously Authorized.
To Minister Kuksuk, (interpretation ends) I’m not trying to take over your riding at all, but I’ve got a question in regard to the Whale Cove water issue that they had this summer and spring.
This is indicating that the following projects are supported by Canada’s clean water and wastewater funding, but I don’t see anything in regard to the Whale Cove issue of their water that they had this summer. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
That is not really part of the bill we are dealing with, but maybe Minister Peterson wants to respond.
That’s correct. It’s not part of this bill. The department is still evaluating what the solution might be for that particular issue.
Mr. Joanasie (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize.
I forgot this. There is a project for Kimmirut of $625,000. If the minister can elaborate on what it’s being used for.
Again, that would be for the sewage treatment facility in Kimmirut to satisfy the terms and conditions of the water licence compliance plan and ensure there are no contraventions of the Acts.
They will review the system and upgrade it as necessary, and look at possible new wastewater treatment technologies that are suitable for the community.
We are on (interpretation ends) Community and Government Services. Capital. Not Previously Authorized.
Total Community Services. $4,386,000. (interpretation) Do you agree?
Also on this page, (interpretation ends) Total Petroleum Products Division. -$189,000. (interpretation) Do you agree?
Not Previously Authorized. $4,197,000. (interpretation) Do you agree?
It reads, (interpretation ends) Government of Nunavut, 2016-17 Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) No. 3.
Schedule 1: Capital.
Total Appropriation. $4,101,000. (interpretation) Do you agree?
Take your legislation binders and refer to Bill 22.
I believe you now have the bill in front of you.
I have the English copy, so I’ll read it. (interpretation ends) Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 3, 2016-2017. (interpretation) Clause 1.
It reads, (interpretation ends) Schedule. Supplementary Amounts Appropriated for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2017.
Total Supplementary Appropriation. $4,101,000. (interpretation) Do you agree?
We’re almost done.
Committee members, are we agreed to Bill 22 as a whole?
Do committee members agree, pursuant to Rule 62(2), that Bill 22 can immediately be placed on the orders of the day for third reading?
Minister Peterson, we dealt with Bills 20 and 22 and we have completed them.
If you have closing remarks, I give you the opportunity to make them.
I would like to thank you and your committee for your hard work and scrutiny of these bills and asking us questions today.
I’m particularly thankful to the CGS staff and Finance staff in our government for identifying critical infrastructure projects under the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund that we can get on the 2017-18 capital plan and 2016-17 capital plan so that we can get the planning started, so that we can meet the cash flow of the projects over the three or four years of the projects.
Those are very critical to get approved during the sitting.
I thank the committee for understanding for this on short notice.
I would like to thank my officials for appearing for me there today, again all our finance officials in various departments, and for putting all the materials together for us that we consider during these sittings.
Pursuant to Rule 6(1), I now recognize the clock and I will report progress to the Speaker.
Mr. Enook (interpretation): Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bills 20, 22, and 24 and would like to report that Bills 20, 22, and 24 are ready for third reading.
Bill 24 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2017-2018 – Third Reading
I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Arviat South, that Bill 24, Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2017-2018, be read for the third time.
All those in favour. (interpretation) Thank you. (interpretation ends) Opposed. (interpretation) Thank you. (interpretation ends) The motion is carried and Bill 24 is ready for assent.
Orders of the Day. (interpretation) I’m sorry. (interpretation ends) Item 21.
Bill 20 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2015-2016 – Third Reading
I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Arviat South, that Bill 20, Supplementary Appropriation (Operations and Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2015-2016, be read for the third time.
Bill 22 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 3, 2016-2017 – Third Reading
I move, seconded by the Hon. Member for Arviat South, that Bill 22, Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 3, 2016-2017, be read for the third time.
Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. (interpretation ends) This House stands adjourned until Friday, November 4, at 9:00 a.m.
>>House adjourned at 18:15
Friday, November 4, 2016
Pages 2930 – 2969
Opening Prayer 2930
Ministers’ Statements 2930
Members’ Statements 2933
Oral Questions 2937
Tabling of Documents 2952
Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills 2953
Report of the Committee of the Whole 2967
Third Reading of Bills 2968
Orders of the Day 2968
Friday, November 4, 2016 2930
213 – 4(3): Nunavut Parks Youth Camp (Savikataaq) 2930
214 – 4(3): Iqaluit Airport P3 Project (Ell-Kanayuk) 2931
215 – 4(3): Student Scholarships (Mike) 2931
216 – 4(3): Council of the Federation Summer Meeting 2016 (Taptuna) 2932
217 – 4(3): Law Degree Program (Quassa) 2932
389 – 4(3): Arts and Crafts Economy in Pangnirtung (Mike) 2933
390 – 4(3): Pages from Rankin Inlet (Sammurtok, A) 2934
391 – 4(3): Services for Elders in Nunavut (Qirngnuq) 2935
392 – 4(3): Elders in Care in Ottawa (Sammurtok, T) 2936
393 – 4(3): Happy Anniversary to Wife (Akoak) 2936
394 – 4(3): Happy Birthday to Son and Daughter (Kuksuk) 2937
539 – 4(3): Continuing Care in Gjoa Haven (Akoak) 2937
540 – 4(3): Operational Audit of Government of Nunavut Programs (Angnakak) 2939
541 – 4(3): Polar Bear Defence Kills and Quotas (Shooyook) 2941
542 – 4(3): Nunavut Teacher Education Program – Independent Review (Joanasie) 2943
543 – 4(3): Food Allowances for Medical Travel Clients (Mikkungwak) 2946
544 – 4(3): Contract for the Medical Inuit Centre (Mapsalak) 2947
545 – 4(3): Heating Oil Tanks (Rumbolt) 2949
546 – 4(3): Crime Prevention in Nunavut (Angnakak) 2950
217 – 4(3): 2015-2016 Annual Report on the Operation of the Medical Care Plan (Hickes) 2952
218 – 4(3): FPT Ministers Responsible for Justice and Public Safety, Halifax, NS October 12 to 14, 2016 (Peterson) 2952
219 – 4(3): FPT Ministers of Labour and Employment, Prince George, BC September 9, 2016 (Peterson) 2952
220 – 4(3): Annual Report – Nunavut Law Foundation Year Ending December 31, 2015 (Peterson) 2952
221 – 4(3): FPT Ministers Responsible for Emergency Management, Toronto, ON May 5 and 6, 2016 (Savikataaq) 2952
222 – 4(3): Provincial-Territorial Ministers Responsible for Local Government, Lethbridge, AB June 8 and 9, 2016 (Savikataaq) 2953
223 – 4(3): FPT Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation Ministers’ Meeting, Quebec City, QC July 7, 2016 (Savikataaq) 2953
Bill 29 – An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act – Notice 2953
Bill 30 – An Act to Amend the Fire Prevention Act – Notice 2953
Bill 31 – An Act to Amend the Human Rights Act – Notice 2953
Bill 23 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 2, 2016-2017 – Consideration in Committee 2954
Bill 14 – Public Health Act – Consideration in Committee 2956
Bill 23 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 2, 2016-2017 – Third Reading 2968
Mr. Tony Akoak, Ms. Pat Angnakak, Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Mr. Joe Enook, Hon. George Hickes, Mr. David Joanasie, Mr. Pauloosie Keyootak, Hon. George Kuksuk, Mr. Steve Mapsalak, Hon. Johnny Mike, Mr. Simeon Mikkungwak, Hon. Keith Peterson, Mr. Emiliano Qirngnuq, Hon. Paul Quassa, Hon. George Qulaut, Mr. Allan Rumbolt, Mr. Alexander Sammurtok, Mr. Tom Sammurtok, Hon. Joe Savikataaq, Mr. Isaac Shooyook, Hon. Peter Taptuna.
Before we begin, I wish to inform you that the Member for Iqaluit-Sinaa will be absent from the House this morning.
Ministers’ Statements. (interpretation ends) Hon. Minister of Environment, Mr. Joe Savikataaq.
Minister’s Statement 213 – 4(3): Nunavut Parks Youth Camp (Savikataaq)
This fall the Kimmirut Mayukalik Hunters and Trappers Association and the Department of Environment co-hosted a youth camp at the Katannilik Territorial Park.
Mr. Speaker, the camp took place over four days and was primarily run in Inuktitut.
Inuit elders also took part in helping to shape the learning outcomes of the camp.
Mr. Speaker, 24 youth participated and they were taught our practices of traditional land travel by using Inuksuit, the basics of weather reading, and the medicinal uses of plants.
Camp participants were also taught traditional stone construction techniques, such as the basics of constructing overnight sleeping platforms, fox traps, and meat caches.
Mr. Speaker, it is wonderful to see the success of bringing youth and elders together through programs that pass on traditional on-the-land skills.
I would like to thank the Mayukalik Hunters and Trappers Association and all those who helped to make this camp excursion successful.
Minister’s Statement 214 – 4(3): Iqaluit Airport P3 Project (Ell-Kanayuk)
I welcome this opportunity to rise today before the Members of this House to update them on the progress of the Iqaluit International Airport Improvement Project.
The third year of construction has now come to a close on this project.
We have all seen the improvements taking shape over these past few years, and most of the airside movements areas are now in use. We are looking forward to next August, when construction and commissioning of the buildings are complete and we can take full advantage of the new facility.
Mr. Speaker, a lot of foresight and consideration has gone into the planning and design of this airport, and it will be a fully modern facility which we can expect to serve us 40 years into the future and beyond.
In particular we are very pleased with the improvements we will be making to accessibility. Through good design and modern technology, we will virtually eliminate the need for passengers to deal with stairs at any point between the parking lot and the door of the aircraft.
I am pleased to announce that this will include boarding ramps, which will be operational by 2017.
As you know, Mr. Speaker, the success of this project has involved a great deal of effort and oversight from several of our departments.
In particular I would like to thank the departments of Justice, Community and Government Services, and Finance for their continuing legal, project and financial oversight as we bring this important project to successful completion.
I would also like to thank Infrastructure Canada which, through the P3 Canada Fund, is providing invaluable financial support for this project.
Ministers’ Statements. (interpretation ends) The Hon. Minister of Family Services, Mr. Johnny Mike.
Minister’s Statement 215 – 4(3): Student Scholarships (Mike)
Nunavummiut and residents of my community, you are in my thoughts.
Mr. Speaker, my department is proud to recognize the academic excellence and hard work of Nunavut’s post-secondary students who have received scholarships through the Financial Assistance for Nunavut Students (FANS) program. (interpretation ends) For the 2015-16 academic year FANS awarded a total of 52 scholarships, which is the highest number of scholarships awarded to date.
(interpretation) Scholarships are awarded to full-time students who graduate from a Nunavut secondary school with an 80 percent or higher average in grade 12 or received an “A” average in the previous year of study for undergraduate or graduate programs.
This year 16 high school graduates were awarded a $500 scholarship, 23 undergraduate students were awarded a $750 scholarship, and one $1,000 scholarship was awarded for masters’ studies.
The scholarship award for doctoral students is $1,500.
We wish our students much success as they continue their education or enter the workforce.
Our territory has always placed a high value on learning, and our increased scholarship numbers reflect that students share this value and continue to achieve academic success.
Ministers’ Statements. (interpretation ends) Hon. Minister of… .
(interpretation) I’m sorry. (interpretation ends) Hon. Premier of Nunavut, Mr. Peter Taptuna.
Minister’s Statement 216 – 4(3): Council of the Federation Summer Meeting 2016 (Taptuna)
Hon. Peter Taptuna: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation) Good morning, my colleagues, Nunavummiut, and Kuglukturmiut.
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, I rise today to inform my colleagues about a meeting with my fellow premiers over the summer.
Mr. Speaker, the summer meeting of Canada’s premiers took place July 21 to 22 in Whitehorse. The Council of the Federation is made up of all 13 of Canada’s premiers.
The Council of the Federation enables premiers to work collaboratively, form closer ties, foster constructive relationships between governments, and show leadership in important issues that matter to all Canadians.
These meetings are an important opportunity for premiers from across the country to exchange ideas and work together.
The major agenda items for our meetings this summer were infrastructure, international and internal trade, energy development, and health care.
The next summer meeting of Canada’s premiers will be hosted by Alberta in July of 2017.
Mr. Speaker, the premiers’ meetings present an important venue to showcase Nunavut’s strengths and highlight some of the challenges facing our territory.
I assure you I will continue to be active in intergovernmental forums and be a strong voice to ensure that our territory’s interests are addressed. I look forward to reporting back to my colleagues on other collaborative summits.
Minister’s Statement 217 – 4(3): Law Degree Program (Quassa)
Hon. Paul Quassa (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, residents of my community and my colleagues.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House this morning to announce the official opening of the application process for the Law Degree Program that will be offered in Iqaluit in September 2017 through Nunavut Arctic College in partnership with the University of Saskatchewan.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to indicate that potential students are now encouraged to apply to the program.
Applications can be picked up through the community learning centres in each community or at any one of our campuses in Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet, or Iqaluit.
The application process as well as additional program-related information is also available on the college website, www.arcticcollege.ca.
Mr. Speaker, applications for the Law Degree Program will be accepted until December 31, 2016.
A review committee will determine acceptance into the program in March, with final notices going out to all students in early April 2017.
Mr. Speaker, potential applicants are encouraged to contact the Iqaluit Campus registrar should they have any questions in relation to the program or the application process.
Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the first intake of students into the law program in the fall of 2017.
Member’s Statement 389 – 4(3): Arts and Crafts Economy in Pangnirtung (Mike)
Good morning, fellow residents of my community. You are in my thoughts this morning, people of Pangnirtung and Nunavummiut.
Actually, today I rise to speak about the residents of Pangnirtung.
The residents are very adept at trying out ways to be economically self-sufficient in sectors such as fisheries, arts, sewing, weaving, and tourism.
I want to commend the Pangnirtung Uqqurmiut Society who is responsible for the arts and crafts sector, and I want to voice my pleasure in their success as they have operated for many years.
They support the arts and crafts sector by selling their wares.
To cite an example, in the year 2012 they generated almost $800,000 in revenue for arts and crafts in the community.
This is beneficial as our tourists purchase these items, and tourism generates a lot of income for our community as well.
The tourism sector is important and we have several companies providing various services.
Tourism in Pangnirtung has operated for approximately 40 years now and it has benefited our community as per some of the details I have stated.
Another important sector is fisheries, which is another Pangnirtung specialty.
In the past I have made statements about our winter fisheries for turbot and the revenue that accrues to our fishers.
Mr. Speaker, there are different types of winter fisheries, with the deepwater fishing of turbot as well as the inland lakes fisheries.
The revenue generated in this sector can reach $7 million per annum.
This is entirely generated by our fishing sector.
Mr. Mike, please proceed.
Indeed, when we speak about economic issues, the people of Pangnirtung are quite independent in this regard, as the revenue they generate is important. If they didn’t attempt various means of economic development, they would most likely wait for assistance.
Nonetheless, due to their independent spirit and entrepreneurial mentality, they are aggressive when it comes to creating economic development opportunities. In looking at the offshore and inland fisheries sector, including the arts and crafts sector that Uqqurmiut oversees, and tourism combined generates over $8 million per year that is of benefit to the community directly.
For these reasons and their drive to generate economic development opportunities, Pangnirtung residents are amongst Nunavut’s most productive citizens.
If we look at the generation of the $8 million in revenue, it would not be possible if the residents were not as fiercely driven to independently create these opportunities for their community.
Mr. Speaker, I want to speak to this venture that I have been involved in various ways, and that is the fisheries. I speak to this because it can lead to self-sufficiency for our residents.
These are the main points I am voicing and I am quite happy for the residents of Pangnirtung who are involved in these various sectors and wish to voice my pride in their accomplishments.
I also urge other communities to look at economic development opportunities because once a community commits to a sector, they can be very successful.
I also want to state that once the infrastructure of Pangnirtung improves, specifically the airport challenges we face, and once we have an adequate airport, these revenues would largely increase based on the economic sectors Pangnirtung residents are involved in.
Member’s Statement 390 – 4(3): Pages from Rankin Inlet (Sammurtok, A)
I say good morning to the people of Rankin Inlet and Nunavut.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank the pages who have been providing their service in the House, who are from Rankin Inlet.
I would like to thank (interpretation ends) Augatnaaq Eccles with a “G” as she corrected me this morning, (interpretation) Letticia Mercer, and Christine Sammurtok, who was their chaperone.
On another matter, I would also like to commend the Rankin Inlet search and rescue crew. They conducted a search for a person yesterday.
There was a person who was overdue and relatives were worried, but they have found that individual and he’s okay.
Member’s Statement 391 – 4(3): Services for Elders in Nunavut (Qirngnuq)
I say “good morning” to my fellow residents of Kugaaruk. I know for a fact some of them have been up since 4:00 this morning.
Good morning to the residents of Taloyoak, our Premier, and my colleagues.
Mr. Speaker, I rise this fine morning to speak to a matter my colleagues sometimes raise in the House related to our elders.
Our elders are sometimes sent outside of Nunavut and we know that existing elders’ care facilities are full with no spaces.
When our elders are sent outside of their communities, either within Nunavut or outside of the territory, they sometimes experience regrettable situations and hardships, as we all know, and it is sad to see.
Mr. Speaker, we knew our elders who are sent outside of Nunavut as adults, yet we sit here older but with the same faces.
They were our caregivers, they ensured our survival, and they hunted for the food we consumed. Mr. Speaker, our elders, when we ourselves were youth, spent many years beside us without ever leaving us.
Mr. Qirngnuq, please proceed.
Mr. Qirngnuq (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker and my colleagues.
As I was saying, our elders arose every morning in the cold of our traditional igloos to start the day’s activities that allowed us to survive and live another day.
Mr. Speaker, our elders spent their lives in a constant battle to survive when they were adults like us here so that we could continue to see the future.
Their battle to survive has resulted in us being here, so we would like to show gratitude to our elders.
The Hon. Member for Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet, Mr. Tom Sammurtok.
Member’s Statement 392 – 4(3): Elders in Care in Ottawa (Sammurtok, T)