EdinburghNLP/nunavut-hansard-plusplus huggingface dataset:
• One (1) case from 2014-15 – the Board imposed a fine of $12,000 plus a  suspension of operations for four consecutive Fridays.
• Two (2) cases from 2015-16 – In the first case, the Board imposed a fine of $4,000 plus a one (1) day licence suspension. In the second, the Board imposed a four (4) day licence suspension.
The following amounts were paid into the Nunavut Court of Justice for fines imposed under the Liquor Act:
• $11,767.50 in 2014-15, and
• $12,505.00 in 2015-16.
As of June 1, 2016, there were nineteen (19) cases of Liquor Act charges awaiting a court date or disposition in the Nunavut Court of Justice.
Also as of June 1, 2016, there were two (2) matters awaiting consideration by the
Nunavut Liquor Licensing Board.
Unlawful
under 19 years of Age
supplying liquor to minor
sale of liquor
- Withdrawn by Crown
- Voluntary Penalty Option $230
- Ticket, $575
- Ticket, person deceased
1  - Ticket $500
- Voluntary Penalty Option $115
- Ticket, $50
- Ticket, dismissed in Court
- Ticket, Stay of proceedings
- Sentenced to 3 days of jail
- Sentenced to $5000 fine
- Voluntary Penalty Option $172.50
- Sentenced to 10 days in jail
Naujaat
- Still pending
Total (25)
- For communities not listed, no Liquor Act charges were laid in the fiscal year.
- As per the RCMP, there are times when Liquor Act charges could be applied but a more serious criminal offence also takes place as a result of the intoxication, which are not reflected in these figures.
In those cases the more serious criminal charges are the focus and only those charges go to PPSC for prosecution.
Unlawful sale
of liquor
- Pending Court
- Sentenced to 3 days in jail
- Community Services
- Fine $500
- Fine $575
- Voluntary Penalty Option $575
- Fine $1000
- Fine $1500
Total (28)
Asked by: Pat Angnakak, MLA for Iqaluit- Niaqunnguu Asked of: Hon. Keith Peterson, Minister of Finance Number: 015-4(3)
Subject: Government of Nunavut Expenditure on Overtime Pay
Expressing the information in a comparable format to the which was provided in Returns to Written Question 11-3 (3) and 7-4(2), what were the Government of Nunavut’s expenditures on overtime pay for indeterminate, term, casual, and relief employees during 2014-15 and 2015-16 fiscal years for each of its departments, crown agencies, and territorial corporations?
Attached are tables illustrating overtime expenditures paid for permanent and casual employees during the 2014-15 and 2015-16 fiscal years for each department and public agency.
This format mirrors that of the 11-3(3) and 7-4(2) Returns to Written Question provided by the Department of Finance in 2012 and 2014.
The Government of Nunavut’s financial system records compensation and benefits into two categories: permanent salaries, which include both indeterminate and term employees; and casual wages, which includes casual and relief employees.
Overtime information has been provided for these two categories.
Our financial reporting tools are unable to provide a more detailed breakdown.
GN Overtime:
Executive & Intergov. Affairs
Culture & Heritage
April 1st, 2014 - March 31 2015
$3,150.05
$57,095.63
$1,012,256.45
$11,878.62
$5,332.19
$5,499,397.31
$69,828.20
$42,287.69
$180,121.75
$2,000,625.25
$44,040.31
$154,699.49
$6,264,587.49
$262,984.41
$45,437.74
$237,217.38
$3,012,881.70
$55,918.93
$160,031.68
$11,763,984.80
$332,812.61
April 1st, 2015 - March 31 2016
$6,450.36
$30,362.19
$956,791.35
$4,064.52
$8,270.96
$5,784,369.90
$65,641.40
$53,971.10
$177,229.35
$2,079,371.87
$77,144.67
$123,829.69
$6,189,589.05
$278,345.97
$60,421.46
$207,591.54
$3,036,163.22
$81,209.19
$132,100.65
$11,973,958.95
$343,987.37
Comm and Government Services
Economic  Development and Transportation
Family  Services
NBCC
$328,821.10
$46,295.30
$404,823.61
$92,984.92
$82,913.31
$28,658.89
$1,163,831.11
$131,898.42
$847,584.70
$189,921.65
$19,854.22
$344,148.71
$273,699.56
$1,492,652.21
$178,193.72
$1,252,408.31
$282,906.57
$427,062.02
$302,358.45
$468,897.03
$50,530.48
$390,928.41
$64,981.23
$3,768.18
$110,290.45
$14,552.46
$1,214,728.47
$130,981.30
$937,796.02
$274,009.54
$40,959.25
$439,491.13
$328,914.52
$1,683,625.50
$181,511.78
$1,328,724.43
$338,990.77
$44,727.43
$549,781.58
$343,466.98
Legal Services Board
Liquor  Commission
Labour Standards Board
Status of Women Council
Grand Total for all Depts., Boards & Agencies
$92.52
$2,426.28
$339.38
389.258.00
$7,646,293.76
$85,777.50
$7,018.90
$4,798.94
$4,243,517.00
$16,261,397.10
$9,445.18
$23,907,690.86
$270.90
$689,884.00
$8,650,053.82
$110,524.25
$8,695.51
$6,141.45
$1,238.61
$4,828,389.00
$17,301,350.75
$8,966.41
$5,518,273.00
$25,951,404.57
Deputy Premier; Minister of Economic Development and Transportation; Minister responsible for the Status of Women; Minister responsible for the Utility Rates Review Council
Minister of Health; Minister responsible for Suicide Prevention
Minister of Family Services; Minister responsible for Homelessness; Minister responsible for the Qulliq Energy Corporation
Minister of Community and Government Services; Minister of Energy; Minister of Environment
of 2  Appendix A
Appendix B  Liquor Act Charges Laid, Fiscal Year 2014-2015
Liquor Act Charges Laid, Fiscal Year 2015-2016
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Pages 2252 – 2308
Opening Prayer 2252
Speaker’s Statement 2252
Ministers’ Statements 2252
Members’ Statements 2256
Oral Questions 2262
Revert to Item 5: Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 2279
Tabling of Documents 2279
First Reading of Bills 2280
Second Reading of Bills 2280
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 2281
Report of the Committee of the Whole 2307
Orders of the Day 2307
Wednesday, October 19, 2016 2252
152 – 4(3): Blueprint for Action on Housing (Kuksuk) 2252
153 – 4(3): International Opening of “Floe Edge” in London, United Kingdom (Ell- Kanayuk) 2253
154 – 4(3): Nunavut’s Literacy Award Winner (Taptuna) 2253
155 – 4(3): University Feasibility Study (Quassa) 2254
156 – 4(3): Nunavut Fire Prevention Strategy (Savikataaq) 2255
157 – 4(3): Donated Photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant Donald McLauchlan (Kuksuk) 2255
307 – 4(3): The Ongoing Need for an Elders’ Health Facility in Rankin Inlet (Sammurtok, A) 2256
308 – 4(3): The Importance of Incorporating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit into Government Services (Shooyook) 2257
309 – 4(3): Rankin Inlet’s Water Supply (Sammurtok, T) 2258
310 – 4(3): Staying Safe (Mikkungwak) 2259
311 – 4(3): Appointment of Pond Inlet Resident Rachel Smale to the Prime Minister’s Youth Council (Enook) 2260
312 – 4(3): Successful Bowhead Whale Hunt in Igloolik (Quassa) 2260
313 – 4(3): Inuit Representation on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Commission (Okalik) 2261
402 – 4(3): Foster Parenting in Nunavut (Shooyook) 2262
403 – 4(3): Motion Regarding the Establishment of a Board of Management for the Qikiqtani General Hospital (Angnakak) 2265
404 – 4(3): Community Justice Committee Appointments and Revocations (Joanasie) 2266
405 – 4(3): Considering Options for an Elders’ Facility in Rankin Inlet (Sammurtok, A) 2268
406 – 4(3): Storage and Disposal of Waste Oil (Rumbolt) 2270
407 – 4(3): Proper Signage at the Iqaluit Airport (Okalik) 2272
408 – 4(3): Issues with the Medical Boarding Home in Iqaluit (Keyootak) 2273
409 – 4(3): Caribou Management in Nunavut (Mikkungwak) 2274
410 – 4(3): Medical Travel (Enook) 2276
411 – 4(3): Activities of the Nunavut Business Credit Corporation (Angnakak) 2277
183 – 4(3): Resolutions from the 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Kitikmeot Inuit Association (Akoak) 2280
184 – 4(3): A Copy of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated Resolution (Sammurtok, A) 2280
Bill 24 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2017-2018 – First Reading 2280
Bill 24 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2017-2018 – Second Reading 2280
Bill 24 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2017-2018 – Economic Development and Transportation – Consideration in Committee 2281
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, Hon. Johnny Mike, Mr. Simeon Mikkungwak, Mr. Paul Okalik, 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.
Speaker (interpretation): Good afternoon, my fellow Nunavummiut.
Members, ministers, and (interpretation ends) Premier, (interpretation) as well as the visitors, welcome to the House.
Before we proceed, I have a brief statement to make.
(interpretation ends) I wish to take this opportunity to remind all members to use caution and sound judgment when referring to specific individuals by name during our proceedings.
Although there is no rule that covers all possible situations, a general principle is that members should be very careful about making comments in the House about ordinary citizens that could call into question their reputations.
I thank the House for its attention to this matter.
We will now proceed with the orders of the day. (interpretation) Item 2.
Ministers’ Statements. (interpretation ends) The Hon. Minister of the Nunavut Housing Corporation, Mr. George Kuksuk.
Minister’s Statement 152 – 4(3): Blueprint for Action on Housing (Kuksuk)
I also say “good day” to my fellow Nunavummiut and colleagues.
Mr. Speaker, prior to commencing my statement, I wish to add a short addition to my planned speech.
As individual people, all of us commit errors from time to time.
I was erroneous yesterday in my statement and I sincerely apologize.
I was not intentionally trying to do that and this matter will be cleared up shortly.
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, yesterday I announced that I would be tabling the Blueprint for Action on Housing, which represents the GN’s action plan to address Nunavut’s severe housing crisis.
I will actually be tabling this on Thursday, October 20 of 2016.
I look forward to regularly updating my colleagues and all Nunavummiut as we progress to improve the housing situation in Nunavut.
The Hon. Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Ms. Monica Ell-Kanayuk.
Minister’s Statement 153 – 4(3): International Opening of “Floe Edge” in London, United Kingdom (Ell-Kanayuk)
Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation ends) I rise today to commend the talent of our master carvers and artists here in Nunavut.
Our Nunavut artists are being highlighted in London, United Kingdom at an exhibition entitled “Floe Edge: Contemporary Art & Collaborations from Nunavut.”
Floe Edge showcases the collected works of 18 Inuit artists working in various disciplines, and London is the exhibition’s first international opening.
Mr. Speaker, Floe Edge has been very well received in London by the press, the public, and in arts circles.
The Royal Academy listed it as one of the top five art shows to see, and it opened during the Frieze London art fair.
I had the privilege of attending the opening reception and introducing the Nunavut delegation of talented artists, including Niore Iqalukjuak, Igah Hainnu, Lavinia van Heuvelen, and Elisapee Aningmiuq.
Their collaborative work was admired by the many art enthusiasts and dignitaries that attended the opening of the exhibit.
This event is providing important international exposure for their work and the exhibit has been featured in British and international news sources, such as Blouin Art Info, Art Daily, London Calling, and the BBC.
Mr. Speaker, this event was made possible through support from the Department of Economic Development and Transportation, Kakivak Association, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, as well as the hard work of the Nunavut Arts and Crafts Association and the AXENÉO7 gallery in Gatineau.
Floe Edge is an excellent opportunity for contemporary Nunavut artists to be showcased and celebrated on an international stage.
Minister’s Statement 154 – 4(3): Nunavut’s Literacy Award Winner (Taptuna)
Hon. Peter Taptuna (interpretation): Good afternoon, members, Kuglukturmiut, and Nunavummiut.
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the efforts of Saa Pitsiulak, an Inuktitut language program officer with the Department of Culture and Heritage, as the winner of the 12th annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award for Nunavut.
Mr. Speaker, this award was established in 2004. The Council of the Federation Literacy Award recognizes the successes of adults who have undertaken literacy training. The award also celebrates the valuable contributions made by Canadians across the field of literacy.
Mr. Speaker, each year the Council of the Federation celebrates achievement, innovative practice, and excellence in literacy.
This year I selected Saa for her leadership as an educator in Nunavut for 30 years and for her role in creating children’s Inuktitut guided reading resources for Nunavut schools.
Mr. Speaker, Saa is an outstanding and dedicated educator, and she has taught hundreds of children and adults in Nunavut. She regularly goes above and beyond her day job, doing much of her work in her own time.
On behalf of the Government of Nunavut, I would like to extend my gratitude to Saa for her important work and her contribution towards literacy across our territory.
Please join me in extending my congratulations and appreciation for all the work that she has done here in Nunavut.
Minister’s Statement 155 – 4(3): University Feasibility Study (Quassa)
Hon. Paul Quassa (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good day, residents of my community and my colleagues.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to report to my colleagues on the joint venture that the Department of Education and Nunavut Arctic College have been pursuing to improve access to post-secondary education for all Nunavummiut.
The university feasibility study that was produced by KPMG and presented to the government offered several options for delivering university-level programs in Nunavut.
A joint venture partnership between Nunavut Arctic College and an existing university was the chosen option.
(interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, a joint venture would allow us to increase the number and diversity of degree programs delivered here in Nunavut.
It will provide an opportunity for Nunavut Arctic College and a partner university to share their respective expertise and establish a university in the Canadian Arctic.
Since selecting this option, our work to move this project forward has continued.
In late August a team from Nunavut Arctic College and the Department of Education visited five universities across three provinces in order to explore best practices related to joint ventures.
Another round of visits by the team will continue in early November to acquire more insight into the creation of successful joint ventures and partnership models between post-secondary institutions.
Mr. Speaker, in September invitations were sent out to key stakeholders, including other government departments, Inuit organizations, and select partners in industry to form a strategic committee.
This strategic committee will guide the work on the future of the joint venture.
The strategic committee’s first meeting is planned for November 22 and 23 and will be co-chaired by the Deputy Minister of Education and the President of Nunavut Arctic College. (interpretation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Minister’s Statement 156 – 4(3): Nunavut Fire Prevention Strategy (Savikataaq)
I rise today to provide an update on the Nunavut Fire Prevention Strategy.
The Office of the Fire Marshal is helping to provide a safe environment for Nunavummiut through fire prevention inspections, firefighter training, and other fire prevention programs.
October 9 to15 was National Fire Prevention Week and this is an important time for fire prevention education in municipalities across Nunavut.
The theme this year was “Don’t wait, check the date.” It’s a reminder to check your smoke detectors and to make sure you have a fire extinguisher in your home that has been inspected recently.
It’s important that you and your family are doing everything you can to stay safe from the threat of fire.
To help spread this message, students in Nunavut from kindergarten to grade 9 were invited to take part in the annual Fire Prevention Week colouring, poster design and essay contest.
I am looking forward to seeing the results of this.
Minister of Culture and Heritage, Mr. George Kuksuk.
Minister’s Statement 157 – 4(3): Donated Photos of RCMP Staff Sergeant Donald McLauchlan (Kuksuk)
This past July Culture and Heritage was gifted 242 digitized images of photographs taken by the late RCMP Staff Sergeant Donald McLauchlan.
Beginning in 1937, this dedicated Mountie served 15 years straight in the eastern Arctic, mainly in Kimmirut, Pangnirtung, and occasionally in the Kivalliq.
(interpretation ends) What is particularly striking about the donated images is the identification of Nunavummiut of the late ‘30s and 1940s, including RCMP Special Constables Sheutiapik, Silassie, and Kootoo, and especially of Sheutiapik with so many pictures of his patrols by dog team, (interpretation) or qamutiik, (interpretation ends) and with the special constable’s family in Kimmirut.
This is a much welcome addition to our photographic collection from this era.
Mr. Speaker, the digitized photos were donated by his daughter Margaret McLauchlan of Kingston.
The Yukon-born Sergeant McLauchlan died in 2012 in his 100th year.
The donation complements the historical record of South Qikiqtaaluk.
Member’s Statement 307 – 4(3): The Ongoing Need for an Elders’ Health Facility in Rankin Inlet (Sammurtok, A)
Mr. Alexander Sammurtok (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation ends) Once again I rise to address an issue that is close to my heart: the well-being of our elders.
Mr. Speaker, I will not rest in my efforts to encourage the government to work towards opening an elders’ care facility in the community of Rankin Inlet.
I have spoken in this House on this issue many times over my term. It is frustrating to note how little progress has been achieved.
Mr. Speaker, on February 26, 2016 the Minister of Health of the day tabled a very informative and compelling document titled “Continuing Care in Nunavut.”
That document lists 17 well-thought-out and sensible recommendations for addressing elders’ needs in Nunavut.
Mr. Speaker, one of those recommendations under the heading “Increase capacity of residential long-term care” states, and I quote, “Re-purpose existing infrastructure.”
Mr. Speaker, as my colleagues will recall, I have asked a number of times if the government would consider repurposing the old children’s group home in Rankin Inlet to an elders facility.
Instead of exploring this option, the government brought forward plans to convert the facility into a mental health transition home instead.
Even those plans have not progressed.
Mr. Sammurtok: Mr. Speaker, I encourage the government to identify and consider whatever options are available to open an elders facility in Rankin Inlet so that our elders can stay in their home community closer to their family and friends.
Member’s Statement 308 – 4(3): The Importance of Incorporating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit into Government Services (Shooyook)
Good day, Nunavummiut who are watching the televised proceedings, my fellow residents of Arctic Bay and Quttiktuq, as well as our Premier and my colleagues.
I rise to reiterate a concern I have held ever since I first sat as a representative after the election, which I continue to harbour, including what I would like to see accomplished related to this subject.
The reason why I stand today revolves around the Department of Family Services, the RCMP, social workers, and the incorporation of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit. I will be speaking to these issues and in particular family-related issues firstly in association with traditional social mediation techniques. I have stood to voice my concerns due to this reason.
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply impassioned on this subject specifically related to Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and traditional social mediation techniques, as it is critical to include Inuit today in this area.
Inuit family relations, based on my own personal understanding, are based on keeping a family together through all their trials.
Even though that may be the case, what I don’t believe in is the western practice of child apprehension from their families and in some cases the child is sent away from the community.
With that being the current reality, it is agonizing to those of us whose adult children are subjected to child apprehension and their families uprooted.
Mr. Speaker, today many parents are in mental anguish and they’re hurting.
The numbers throughout Nunavut are increasing where children are apprehended and placed in foster homes in a different community, with no avenue for visitation. This systemic collusion is causing mental distress in our families and it is very traumatic. It leads to the destruction of families, extended relations, as well as the children.
With such traumatic impact on our families, it would behoove us to enact changes to the current legislation.
My time is running out, so I would like to ask for unanimous consent to conclude my statement.
These apprehended children are being brought up outside of their family, one which they are unfamiliar with, as they didn’t grow with them and this causes immense mental trauma to the child.
Let all practitioners take note of this fact: this mental trauma can become episodic as they keep it internalized up to adulthood and their future revolves around personal pain.
Prior to that person bearing their personal pain, their life will not improve.
Many adults presume that a child’s mind is incapable, but in reality their minds are much stronger than us adults.
Once a child learns or experiences a traumatic childhood, they tend to harbour that into adulthood and that is the cause of their lifestyle choices.
Mr. Speaker, I am committed to incorporating the traditional Inuit social mediation or resolution techniques related to social services that have no basis on traditional Inuit values nor are adapted to the Inuit cultural practices.
With the current emphasis on western practices, such as that prevalent in our court system, the justice system, and the RCMP, I urge these sectors to start incorporating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit into their corporate thinking, and let us partner together here in Nunavut.
Mr. Shooyook (interpretation): This challenge we face and the practices we are stuck with today are only resulting in family disintegration and destruction.
It is very regretful to observe the system’s destruction of our families. While I sit as a representative here, I am putting you on notice that I expect actual examples of this incorporation in our future.
Mr. Speaker, today, on another matter, I am of the last generation who lived the old ways, where we lived in igloos and suffered through hardships and hunger, when government was nowhere, but here I am within this government.
The old ways included many hardships, but we face ever greater challenges in the current lifestyles we lead today.
It has become very complicated.
With the reality we face, this matter has to be the focus and to have both the government and Inuit work together to resolve the issues. Let us kick out this western societal disregard and denunciation of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and collaborate on fixing the issues we face in equal partnership, especially before the last elders with this knowledge pass away.
We have to repatriate our cultural practices and revive them today.
The reason why I am so impassioned about this subject is because Inuit released their parental rights and as the fathers, we are now treating social services as the father figure, which is regrettable.
We should not be that way. No wonder Inuit society is in such a mess today.
We have to work together with those involved in social services, the RCMP, and the justice system and arrive at a consensus for the year 2017 and onwards to plan and work together within Nunavut to face our challenges.
It is only if we partner together that Inuit social ills will start to become resolved.
Member for Rankin Inlet North and Chesterfield Inlet.
Member’s Statement 309 – 4(3): Rankin Inlet’s Water Supply (Sammurtok, T)
I rise today to speak about Rankin Inlet’s water supply.