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If we can find some funding from the Nunavut Government we will try to do so.
On top of that we will still be looking for additional funding from ACAP through the Federal Government Transportation Department.
We are on total Kitikmeot, 125 thousand. Is this sufficient for you.
I could take it to my constituency.
So we are on 125 thousand.
Carried. Total Buildings and Works, 2 million 840 thousand.
Turning the page. 7-17.
Community Government & Transportation. Branch Summary.
Transportation. Equipment acquisition.
Qikiqtaaluk Region, 320 thousand.
First of all I would like to ask a question about the airstrips and terminals in Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Iqaluit.
Is the federal government responsible for them through MOT, that is my question.
Hon. Jack Anawak (Interpretation): No they are our responsibilities.
Mr. Arvaluk do you want to ask another question.
Was his reply yes, or did he say no.
If they are the Government of Nunavut 's airports I have no more questions, but if it is under the jurisdiction of federal government I was wondering why they were going to use our funding.
Since you didn't get that clarified, Mr. Anawak.
Hon. Jack Anawak (Interpretation): The airports of Nunavut are under the jurisdiction of the Nunavut Government.
Mr. Nutarak (interpretation): I was going to ask the same question so he tried to ask the question before me.
We are on page 7-17.
Equipment acquisitions. Total Baffin Region, 320 thousand.
Chairperson: Opposed.
Carried. Total Capital Expenditures, 3 million 200 thousand.
I hope I said the figure right.
Total Equipment Acquisition 360 thousand, did I mention that.
Chairperson (interpretation): Total Capital Expenditures, 3 million 200 thousand.
Chairperson: (interpretation): Going to page 7-5.
Community Government and Transportation. Program Summary.
Detail of expenditures. Total Capital Expenditures, 17 million 50 thousand.
This 12 million 950 thousand for 2001-2002 and in the same year we had to agree to double that amount of funding through supplementary appropriations.
And also 2002-2002 by over 12 million to 23 million to 730 so this was 17 million 50 thousand that we just approved.
Do we expect to see additional funding through an appropriation act to come later.
Hon. Jack Anawak (interpretation): Its okay if they give us 17 million more but we don’t expect to see additional costs in the upcoming year, but we can consider it through the assistance of MLA’s but that’s the only funding we have and we feel that it's adequate.
Going back to Capital Expenditures, 17 million 50 thousand.
Community and Government and Transportation is complete.
So what’s the wish of the committee.
Chairperson: (interpretation): Thank you I would like to thank you Mr. Minister and your officials.
You can do closing remarks if you want. Mr. Minister.
I don’t think I’ll be talking again before Monday so therefore I would like to thank Mike Ferris and Doug Sitland and the officials sitting in the gallery.
And to my sons Halley and Tommy I would like to thank them for being pages here.
And thank you very much.
There’s a motion to report progress and it’s not debatable.
Even though it's not debateable, we have to vote on it.
I would like to thank everyone for completing the department. We can ask the Speaker to return.
Your committee has been considering Bill 12 and would like to report that Bill 12 is still under consideration and Mr. Speaker I move that the Report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.
Mr. Havioyak do you have a point of order or a question.
Mr. Havioyak: I just want to go back to Item 5.
Speaker: The member is seeking to go back to Item 5. Recognition of Visitors in Gallery.
Proceed, Mr. Havioyak.
Revert to Item 5: Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
I don’t often recognise visitors while they are here so I would like to recognise my brother Collin Havioyak, who has been here with his family since September and his wife Margery.
Also my nephew Freddy.
I wanted to recognise Manitok Thompson's family members visiting us.
Louis Bruce and his wife Pasha and Leonie Duffy of Coral Harbour.
Speaker: Item 22.
Orders of the day for Monday, November 26, 2001.
Tabled document 41-1(5)
Before we adjourn I like to acknowledge and thank the pages that has been here all week.
They are from Inukshuk School here in Iqaluit and the names are Sam Biwinkler, Halley Anawak, Tom Lyta, and Annie Patik.
Thank you very much pages, for all your work.
The house stands adjourned until November 26, 2001 at 1:30.
Monday November 26, 2001
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Speaker: The Honourable Kevin O’Brien, M.L.A.
Opening Prayer 1994
Ministers' Statements 1994
Members' Statements 1997
Returns to Oral Questions 2004
Oral Questions 2004
Tabling of Documents 2021
Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills 2021
First Reading of Bills 2022
Second Reading of Bills 2022
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 2023
Report of the Committee of the Whole 2054
Orders of the Day 2054
Monday November 26, 2001 1994
113 - 1(5): Minister Absent from House (Ng) 1994
114 - 1(5): Federal Infrastructure Funding Formulas (Anawak) 1994
115 - 1(5): Books on Marine Mammals of Nunavut and Birds of Nunavut (Kilabuk) 1995
116 - 1(5): Mining Update (Akesuk) 1996
320 - 1(5): Signing Ceremony for Kivalliq Health Facility (Thompson) 1997
321 - 1(5): Public Meeting on Youth Crime in Kugluktuk (Havioyak) 1997
322 - 1(5): Traditional Values and Loss of Language (Puqiqnak) 1998
323 - 1(5): Kivalliq Regional Hospital (Anawak) 1999
324 - 1(5): Carving Presentation on Smoking Cessation (Kattuk) 2000
325 – 1(5): Kugaaruk Food Mail Pilot Project (Alakannuark) 2000
326 – 1(5): Poor Quality of Flooring in Sports Facilities (Iqaqrialu) 2001
327 – 1(5): Recognition of Pangnirtung Volunteers II (Kilabuk) 2001
328 – 1(5): Providing Support for Suicide Prevention (Irqittuq) 2002
329 – 1(5): Iqaluit Billets for Coaches and Athletes (Picco) 2002
330 - 1(5): Carving to Chairperson of Health Committee (Nutarak) 2003
331 - 1(5): Ovilu Tunilee Carving Donation (Akesuk) 2003
Return to Question 277 - 1(5): Sewage Lagoon & Trail System, Kugluktuk (Akesuk) 2004
331 - 1(5): Replacement Social Worker for Hall Beach (Irqittuq) 2004
332 - 1(5): Passports for AWG Athletes Travelling to Greenland (Nutarak) 2006
333 - 1(5): Preservation of the Inuktitut Language (Puqiqnak) 2007
334 - 1(5): Preservation of the Inuktitut Language (Puqiqnak) 2007
335 - 1(5): Ensuring Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is Used in Publications (Iqaqrialu) 2009
336 - 1(5): Suicide Prevention (Arvaluk) 2011
337 - 1(5): Funding for Youth Centre, O&M and Staff (Havioyak) 2014
338 - 1(5): Mental Health Worker Funding (Alakannuark) 2016
339 - 1(5): Recognition of Caregivers Without Certificates (Iqaqrialu) 2018
050 - 1(5): Kigaviq Fishery of Gjoa Haven Report & Business Plan (Puqiqnak) 2021
051 - 1(5): Marine Mammals and Birds of Nunavut (Kilabuk) 2021
Bill 16 - An Act to Amend the Cities, Towns and Villages Act - Notice (Anawak) 2021
Bill 17 - An Act to Amend the Hamlets Act - Notice (Anawak) 2021
Bill 15 - Technical Standards and Safety Act - First Reading (Thompson) 2022
Bill 14 - An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act - Second Reading (Ng) 2022
Bill 15 - Technical Standards and Safety Act - Second Reading (Thompson) 2023
Bill 12 – Appropriaton Act No. 1, 2002/2003- Consideration in Committee 2024
Monday November 26, 2001  Nunavut Hansard
Honourable Olayuk Akesuk, Mr. Ovide Alakannuark, Mr. James Arvaluk, Honourable Jack Anawak, Mr. Donald Havioyak, Mr. David Iqaqrialu, Mr. Enoki Irqittuq, Honourable Peter Kattuk, Honourable Peter Kilabuk, Mr. Jobie Nutarak, Honourable Kelvin Ng, Honourable Kevin O’Brien, Honourable Ed Picco, Mr. Uriash Puqiqnak, Honourable Manitok Thompson.
Speaker: Good day.
Minister's Statement 113 - 1(5): Minister Absent from House
I wish to advise members that the Honourable Paul Okalik will be absent from the House today until December 7, to participate in the Team Canada West trade mission hosted by the Prime Minister.
The Honourable Ed Picco will be the acting Minister of Justice during his absence.
Speaker: Thank you, Minister Ng. Ministers' Statements.
Minister's Statement 114 - 1(5): Federal Infrastructure Funding Formulas
Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform Members of the Legislative Assembly about the efforts that the Department of Community Government and Transportation is making to convince the federal government that infrastructure funding formulas based on per capita are patently unfair to Nunavut.
Nunavut’s small population means that Nunavut’s share of any federal infrastructure dollars is very small.
That would be fine if we were not handicapped by two circumstances that do not affect southern Canada to the same extreme: the remoteness of our communities and the extreme weather conditions we face.
(interpretation ends) The remoteness of our communities means that any materials required for infrastructure projects in Nunavut cost much more than they would in southern Canada.
This is exacerbated by the extreme weather conditions in the Territory, which shortens the life span of Nunavut’s infrastructure.
I am pleased to say that our lobbying efforts have convinced the federal Department of Transport of the merit of our concerns.
As a result, the funding formula for Transport Canada’s latest infrastructure program will include a base amount.
Instead of receiving a mere 300 thousand dollars over four years, this new funding formula awards Nunavut 4.3 million dollars – an increase of 4 million dollars.
Our department's efforts are not being done in isolation.
The Premier has obtained agreement with his provincial and territorial colleagues at a recent Premier's conference, that funding formulas based on per capita are unfair to Nunavut.
In addition, Mr. Speaker, other cabinet colleagues of mine are working to convince their provincial and federal counterparts that federal funding formulas must include a base amount and not be calculated solely on a per capita basis.
(interpretation) Mr. Speaker, I want to assure Members of the Legislative Assembly that we are continuing to argue our case for a fairer funding formula with all the federal ministers we have funding partnerships with.
We will ensure that they understand the special circumstances and challenges that we face Nunavut in the area of infrastructure funding and construction.
Minister's Statement 115 - 1(5): Books on Marine Mammals of Nunavut and Birds of Nunavut
Hon. Peter Kilabuk: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation) Mr. Speaker, later today I will be table both in English and Inuktitut, the recently published book on Marine Mammals of Nunavut and Birds of Nunavut.
The mandate for the Department of Education is to produce a Nunavut curriculum and the resources needed to support this curriculum.
These books are an example of the quality that we are striving for.
These books are the result of a partnership between three groups, Qikiqtani School Operations, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
My department has been actively seeking partnerships of this nature and this is but one of many that we are currently pursuing.
Mr. Speaker, this is also an example of what is possible when groups come together to achieve a common goal for the betterment of Nunavummiut.
I want to thank the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and my staff for their excellent work.
Minister's Statement 116 - 1(5): Mining Update
Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to update the members on the two departmental initiatives I spoke about last spring.
The first is the Bathurst port and road project.
As you are aware, this is a joint initiative between my department and Minister Anawak's department, along with the Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Inuit companies and the mining industry.
(interpretation ends) This project has great promise in creating opportunities for employment and business development in Nunavut, while at the same time reducing the costs of re-supply to communities in the Kitikmeot region.
To ensure that we are not creating these opportunities in the communities at the expense of our environment, the partners in the project raised six million dollars from industry, the Government of Nunavut and Indian and Northern Affairs to do an economic feasibility and environmental impact assessment and well as benefits and impacts of the project on Nunavummiut.
By this time next year, Minister Anawak and I will be able to report to you on the economic feasibility of the project and by the following spring we will have the information on the environmental impact assessment.
The other initiative I wish to speak to you about is an initiative between my department and Minister Kilabuk's department, the Mineral Exploration Field Assistants' Course.
This course was a multi-stakeholder project led by my department with the strong support of our partners, including Minister Kilabuk's Department of Education, Nunavut Arctic College and the regional Inuit economic development groups, Kitikmeot Economic Development Commission, Kivalliq Partners in Development and Kakivak Association along with NTI and DIAND, Canada-Nunavut Geoscience office, First Air, Canadian North, and various mineral exploration companies.
The goal of this course was to provide Nunavut residents with the skills and knowledge necessary to take advantage of the opportunities in the mineral exploration sector.
Eight out of twelve students completed the course and spent part of their summer working in the mineral exploration industry.
These individuals now have the skills, experience and contacts to work with the mineral exploration industry.
Many geologists, engineers and senior managers working in mining companies started their careers as field assistants.
They found they liked working on the land and enjoyed the hunt for the minerals and metals that make our modern world function.
As I told the mines minister in Quebec City in September, I believe Nunavut will provide many of the future young geologists and engineers that are needed by the mineral exploration and mining industry.
This was the test year of the course.
We are now completing an assessment of what worked and what can work better.
(interpretation) My department is committed to building opportunities in sectors of our growing economy and to ensuring that Nunavummiut have the chance to take full advantage of all the opportunities.
Member's Statement 320 - 1(5): Signing Ceremony for Kivalliq Health Facility
I wanted to talk about an event that occurred yesterday in Rankin Inlet.
Kivalliq MLAs, businesses, residents along with the Mayors got together for a signing ceremony in Rankin Inlet for the building of the Regional Hospital.
This is a facility we have been waiting for a long time.
I would like to thank all the participants including Jack Anawak, Minister of Community Government & Transportation for being able to participate.
Also thanks to Mr. Kelvin Ng, Minister of Finance and especially Mr. Picco, the Minister of Health and Social Services for attending the ceremony.
We hope in the near future that Kivalliq residents will see the facility’s foundation being laid. (interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, I would especially like to thank Minister Picco, who is my next door neighbour, right here for doing a good job for the hospital in the Keewatin region.
We had a very good day in Rankin yesterday.
Member's Statement 321 - 1(5): Public Meeting on Youth Crime in Kugluktuk
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the serious issue of youth crime in my community of Kugluktuk.
Last month I participated in a public meeting held in the community to address this problem.
Mr. Speaker, Kugluktuk presently suffers from one of the highest rates of youth crime in all of Nunavut.
We have seen a dramatic increase in the number of break and enters in the community.
Most of these are committed by teenagers in the middle of the night.
Mr. Speaker, many people spoke passionately at the public meeting about the need for the community to pull together and tackle this crisis.
We achieved consensus that we can't rely on just the government to solve this problem.
It is also the responsibility of the community and its parents.
Mr. Speaker, there simply aren't enough youth programs or facilities available.
In Kugluktuk we have been trying to get support to fund a community youth co-ordinator, but no success.
Community members applied to the Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth for support, but were rejected because the department had no funds set aside for such programs.
Mr. Speaker, I recognize that our government cannot fully fulfil every funding request, however I would like to encourage departments to make more of an effort to assist communities who make proposals by identifying alternative sources of support.
Simply rejecting a proposal without suggesting other routes to pursue is disheartening to communities.
Mr. Speaker, youth crime on the scale that we are seeing in Kugluktuk doesn't happen because we have bad kids.
It is happening because there aren't enough alternatives for them.
Mr. Speaker, families, communities, and government all have responsibilities in this area.
Our future depends on it.
Member's Statement 322 - 1(5): Traditional Values and Loss of Language
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about what I remember from our past lives, our parents' traditional way of life.
At times we start thinking about our traditional way of life and we are so proud of the fact that our ancestors had such capabilities to survive.
At times today, even though we know these survival traditions, we run into barriers.
We must not forget our ancestors' way of life, especially our parents' way of life.
If we don't try to hold on to those values, our children and our grandchildren will not have those values.
Even though they come from their ancestors.
For that reason, the Inuktitut language, when we use it and we use our unique clothing, that's part of our way of life.
Even the way we eat is unique.
For that reason, I rise today to say that if we lose it, we can't go back to our traditional way of life.
Although I know this, the language of Inuktitut, is starting to be lost.
The outsiders who come in to our land have assimilated their ways, so therefore the Inuktitut language is not as strong as the foreigners' language.
We require support now, especially in the Kitikmeot region.
Grandparents and grandchildren don't understand each other any more because of their language differences.
When we see that, we feel for the grandparents.
For that reason, our way of life and our language have to be preserved.
As parents, and as government, if we are not going to initiate saving our language we are just going to start falling behind.
So I would like to acknowledge some of the communities that teach their children Inuktitut and who have Inuktitut speaking children in their communities.
In other communities there are English speaking unilingual Inuit people because we are starting to lose our Inuktitut language.
So we have to stand up and fight to preserve our Inuktitut language.
We will have to work together and support each other.
At the appropriate time I will be asking questions about what plans there are for this at Culture, Language, Elders and Youth.
Member's Statement 323 - 1(5): Kivalliq Regional Hospital
Mr. Speaker, I would also like to recognize, as my colleague the Member for Rankin Inlet South did, the signing ceremony that occurred in Rankin Inlet.
As the former president of the regional mayors’ council we had been asking for a regional hospital in the Keewatin for a long time.
At that time when I was a Mayor we worked really hard to get that.
Later when I became the president of the Keewatin Inuit Association, we were pushing for the regional hospital.
When I became the Member of Parliament, we were still pushing for that hospital.
When I was the Interim Commissioner, the Rankin Inlet residents were still urging that this regional hospital be built.
As an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly for Rankin Inlet North, we finally saw the results for which we were very happy.
I would like to give my appreciation to Ed Picco and the Minister of Finance, Kelvin Ng.
My colleague for Rankin South and the Members of the Legislative Assembly have been working very hard to get that regional hospital up and going.
I would like to also thank the Keewatin Mayors and the Rankin Inlet Mayor and council who have all been supporting this regional hospital.
No wonder my colleague, when we were in Rankin Inlet, said we would like to get treated in Nunavut not outside of Nunavut, it is better to be closer to home when you are ill.
I would like to thank Sakku Development Corporation and Peter Tatty, for pushing and getting the planning done and I believe that they are working very hard.
I would also like to thank the Mayor of Rankin Inlet Jack Kabvitok, for working very hard to get this regional hospital.
It is evident that in the Keewatin, the patients will find it easier going here rather than going to Churchill or Winnipeg.
It will make it a lot easier for the patients and that's why I want to thank all the people that went to Rankin Inlet yesterday and the people of Rankin Inlet.
Speaker: Members' Statements. Mr. Kattuk.
Member's Statement 324 - 1(5): Carving Presentation on Smoking Cessation
Today I rise because I have a presentation to make from my constituency.
Perhaps a short preamble.
This carving that will be presented was made by my cousin on my mother's side last summer.
He was inspired to help others so this carving depicts a person carrying a cigarette over the shoulder and the theme is that all of us get inspired by other things.
So when he was inspired, he started working on this carving to promote smoking cessation.
So please, don't give in to cigarettes, because many people are addicted to cigarettes now.
I have quit smoking, so you can quit too.
This carving depicts that and he wanted me to present it to the Minister of Health and Social Services.
So I will be making a presentation to him and there is a little bird on it and a grave.
Sometimes men like to go bird hunting and because he is in the grave the birds are just flying over because he died of cigarette smoking.
There is also a fish there.
It depicts the idea that women love to go fishing and she is also in the grave while the school of fish passes by the graveyard, because she was also beaten by cigarettes.
So it depicts the concept of smoking cessation.
The majority of Inuit smoke and he wanted me to make this presentation, so on behalf of many Inuit people, I would like to present this to you.
Member's Statement 325 – 1(5): Kugaaruk Food Mail Pilot Project
My good friends, especially the Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Picco.
Mr. Speaker I rise today on behalf of the people of Kugaaruk to express my sincere gratitude to the Federal Government for selecting Kugaaruk as a food mail pilot project community.
The pilot project will greatly enhance the normal diet consisting mainly of canned store bought food in my isolated community.
Mr. Speaker, since young children in my home town now prefer store bought food rather than country food, the food mail pilot project that will be starting in December of 2002 will make it cheaper to ship perishable food, thus providing a diet of healthy food.
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend the Minister of Health Ed Picco and Alan Rock Minister of Health Canada whom I have never met, but is nevertheless my friend.
Also, Nunavut Member of Parliament Nancy Karetak-Lindell for lending a helping hand to the sometimes forgotten Kugaaruk of Nunavut.
Member's Statement 326 – 1(5): Poor Quality of Flooring in Sports Facilities
Mr. Speaker, I am very proud when I see people participating in sports and I enjoy watching the sports during the weekend.
I’d like to say that people come from all over Nunavut and I’m glad that the communities are able to receive sports facilities in the communities of Nunavut.
But a lot of the sports facilities have floors that are all different and don’t seem to be of the highest quality.
I think that sometimes the communities that might come in first place end up losing because of the quality of their sports facilities.