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Pangnirtung, sewage lagoon.
Resolute Bay, rehab runway.
Clyde River, new air terminal building.
Clyde River, community breakwater.
Pond Inlet, old sanitation site.
Kimmirut, new arena.
Various Nunavut, from Health.
Iqaluit, BRH renovations.
Various Nunavut, heritage centres.
For all of these the budget would have to be approved the 25th of April.
For the Kivalliq Region. Baker Lake, Public Works, PPD, increase capacity, code upgrade would have to be approved April 25.
Repulse Bay, Tusarvik School, April 25.
Kitikmeot Region. Cambridge Bay, new high school.
Kugluktuk, Jimmy Hikok School April 25. Pelly Bay, Kugaaruk School, April 25.
For Housing, the 100 houses will require budget approval the first week of May to facilitate the award of the May 12 closing.
(interpretation) I hope that is clear.
There are also the budgets for the Housing organizations also that have to order supplies for the repairs for the sealift re-supply.
The local Housing Associations also for the first week of May enable the LHO’s to purchase vehicles and arrange for shipping.
Modernisation & Improvement projects that are identified by local housing organizations and approved by the Nunavut Housing Corporation regional offices, for these the capital budget has to be approved by the first week of May in order to allocate on a regional basis and facilitate approval for M&I projects.
Also most of the capital projects require urgent approval from all the communities and the deadline is April 25 to do proper work on this.
Mr. Tootoo: Thank you Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am not sure I heard April 18, which is tomorrow for the Cambridge Bay school.
Is that the only one, does it have to be approved today or is that something that has to happen before tomorrow, by the end of the day tomorrow.
That was the only one that I recall hearing that was tomorrow.
Hon. Manitok Thompson (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Chairman. That is what we said.
All the other communities will have to be approved before April 25 and the Cambridge Bay high school deadline is April 18.
That is the only project that has a deadline for tomorrow.
Mr. Chairman, I just want to confirm that the reports on the radio this morning talking about the Pelly Bay project, they have a little leeway on that, I believe that it was the SAO there was indicating that it was sometime this week that they had to know by.
I just wanted to make sure of that date as well.
I'm sorry I didn't hear what the SAO said on the radio but I do know that SAOs do know what their communities need when their shipping dates are and stuff so I could trust that this information was correct.
Chairperson (interpretation): The Minister for Public Works would like to get your question, Mr. Tootoo and clarify it.
Would you rephrase your question Mr. Tootoo.
I would ask, I don't recall because it was quite a long list of dates, what is the deadline date for the Pelly Bay school addition.
For the Kitikmeot Region I just spoke to all of the Kitikmeot program projects and deadlines which are April twenty-fifth.
For Kugaaruk, Pelly Bay school the deadline is also on April twenty-fifth.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you Madame Minister. Mr. Iqaqrialu.
Mr. Iqaqrialu (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Chairman. I am a bit disappointed with what we are dealing with now.
On capital projects and capital estimates all of the programs for the capital projects.
Which communities are going to be too late to get their materials shipped in.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Iqaqrialu. Madame Minister.
I will say them in Inuktitut.
I thought it would be better to state them in English.
But, the Baffin Region: Iqaluit's Baffin Correctional Centre renovation, the deadline is April 21.
Sanikiluaq's renovation for the fuel tanks and fuel line, the deadline is April twenty-fifth.
Cape Dorset's fuel tank enlargement, the deadline is April twenty-fifth.
Hall Beach's pipeline the deadline is April twenty-fifth.
Hall Beach, again to increase the fuel tanks, deadline April twenty-fifth.
Total Baffin for the compensating metres, April twenty-fifth.
Grise Fiord's water pipeline the deadline is before April twenty-fifth.
Resolute Bay's fencing for the dump deadline is April twenty fifth.
Cape Dorset's replacement of the water pipeline deadline is April twenty-fifth.
Pangnirtung's deadline for the sewage lagoon renovation is April Twenty- fifth.
Resolute Bay's airport deadline is April Twenty-fifth.
Clyde River's new airport terminal deadline is April twenty fifth.
The same community of Clyde River, a breakwater renovation deadline is April Twenty-fifth.
Pond Inlet deadline for cleaning of the old dumpsite is April twenty-fifth.
Kimmirut's hockey arena deadline is April Twenty-fifth.
Telehealth will have to be approved by April twenty fifth.
Baffin regional Hospital's renovation will have to be approved by April twenty - fifth.
Also, heritage facilities will have to be approved for Culture, Language, Elders & Youth by April twenty-fifth.
Keewatin: Baker Lake, additions to the tank farms have to be approved by April twenty-fifth.
Repulse Bay school renovation has to be approved by April twenty-fifth.
Cambridge Bay's new school has to be approved by April 18.
Kugluktuk's Jimmy Hikok School renovation deadline is April twenty-fifth.
Pelly Bay School will also have to be approved by April twenty-fifth.
These new facilities that will be built, the new 100 public housing units will have to be approved this week so we can get the funding in May and also in the month of May the building materials for renovations will have to be ordered.
The deadline is in the first week of May or before the first week of May.
The housing associations have to order their vehicles before the first week of May. So these are the programs that Housing Associations have to order and ship and they have to be approved to transport the material by ship.
Mr. Iqaqrialu (interpretation): Thank you Mr. Chairman. I was wondering if the minister was willing to give us a copy of the document she just read.
I am looking at the estimates, I am looking at the way we are proceeding with the estimates, and I know we are proceeding with the estimates and these programs are going to be late.
So if we are going to be late I want your department to give us the information so we will have it.
This only covers part of the projects that we are going to do so I would like to get a copy of that document to find out which projects we are missing.
The ones I just mentioned are on hold but in regards to the Health & Social Services budget we have already approved it and since you have already approved it I mentioned the ones that are on an urgent basis.
I know that since the beginning of the session we talked about priorities like the school in Clyde River and Pond Inlet.
I did not hear any mention of those two in what the minister just read in her list.
Mr. Minister for Education would you like to respond.
The reason why they are not included in the region list for Clyde River is that the design of the school calls for consultations in Clyde River.
Those are the only two that we will have to work on because it is pretty late in time to try to order the materials.
We will not be able to do that on time so that is why the design of the school is not an urgent case at this point in time, because they will be able to draw the design up past April twenty-fifth.
Last year there was funding over 400 thousand dollars allotted for the design of the school.
Why didn't it go through.
I thought it was to be dealt with in January.
Perhaps I will deal with it tomorrow.
Chairperson (interpretation): The Minister of Education has raised his arm first so I will let him go.
This 400 thousand is not sufficient.
The reason why we planned on this is to find out more.
They put piles on the school on an emergency basis because their building was sinking and I am sure that the minister responsible can inform you in detail. However, this problem had been rectified so the school will not be sinking into the ground as fast anymore.
But you have to plan carefully because what the community would like to see is to take out part of the school that sinks to the ground and replace the whole part of that building.
We will try to plan that ahead of time before we get the materials shipped up north.
We will try to estimate the budget for construction.
That is why we had requested the funding from Public Works.
Chairperson (interpretation): Minster responsible for Public Works.
Since our department is a service department for the other departments, each department reports to us that, oh this is ready to be constructed, and that is when we start working on it.
The budget has to be approved in the capital estimates.
The awarding of the contracts and the ordering of the material is an emergency matter now.
I think I can go back to my Chair as the Chairperson and we have tomorrow to deal with this department.
I know that this school in Clyde River has to be dealt with.
Chairperson (interpretation): That was more of a comment not a question.
As the Minister of Public Works indicated that there is some emergency basis that we have to deal with capital projects and if another incident did occur within our community after we approved the departmental budgets, would she consider other emergency details.
The Department of Public Works services all departments and if there was an emergency that arose in the community the individual departments are responsible for that.
We at Public Works can only go ahead with projects that have been approved by the Assembly.
In light of the minister’s comments, in the list the Cambridge Bays school's deadline is tomorrow, and the department needs an answer by the end of the day tomorrow with regards to that project or is it by the end of the day today.
I would like some clarification.
Chairperson (interpretation): Madame Minister.
The contract expert, Mr. Mrazek will respond.
Yes, basically the deadline is tomorrow at 5 o'clock, because the following day we have to let the contract go and we will be ending up with no major components in time for the sealift.
Mr. Tootoo: That sets our priority for tomorrow as to what we have to look at.
I would just like to ask the Mr. Mrazek.
Over 1 million dollars was approved for the project last year.
What is on the ground in Cambridge Bay for that school.
What work has already been done where the school is going to be situated.
I believe a number of the foundation pads and general site condition and possibly there is some piling to this date.
I don’t have the file with me to date.
However, some of the work has been done already.
If the department can answer this, I don't know if any other minister will be able to answer this.
When we were there for our regular caucus they were freezing things for keeping the ground frozen.
I was wondering if the footprint of the building is all ready, has that been established on site.
Yes there is thermal Styrofoam already on the sides because they are part of the foundation.
Obviously the foundation layout is corresponding with the school building layout.
I guess without the fear of delaying the project for another year is it possible to change the design of the building as the foundation for it is already in place.
I would like that confirmed.
Mr. Mrazek: Yes, that is correct.
I want to ask the minister, we have a deadline for tomorrow at 5 o'clock, the deadline for this school and there are other capital projects that we have not approved or even dealt with, and there are vehicles too.
I am not so worried about the vehicle parts but those other capital projects are they going to be delayed as well.
The projects that have a deadline of April 25, if they are not approved by those dates then they will not be approved.
All the capital projects that were going to communities that would have been constructed in the communities, all the capital projects in all communities might be in jeopardy if they are not approved by April 25.
If all the capital projects are delayed or deferred then next year we are going to have a lot of money lost.
Is it true that they are all going to be delayed to next year.
We are not trying to put fear into the members.
All we are trying to say is that if these capital projects are not moved by the dates that we indicated, for instance the arena in Kimmirut then we have to make plans to order and ship all the material to these communities that will be getting capital projects. We are not fear mongering.
We just want to indicate that we have to approve these capital projects so they can be budgeted for and to be on time for sealift to go to certain communities.
We all know that the sealift goes to certain communities on certain dates.
I am not trying to create fear with the members.
All we are saying is that these capital projects have to be approved by a certain date so that we can start ordering the material through the communities before the spring construction season.
This is just a comment I am going to make.
I think the full caucus members will have to meet tomorrow to decide and make a quick decision.
We regular members do take this seriously as well.
I think we will have to meet as full caucus tomorrow so all these projects can go ahead.
I know there are members making some comments and it is uncomfortable for all of us, even me as a Chairperson.
However, if there are any further comments from the floor I do not think I have any names right now.
So, if we can go into detail.
Baffin Region, we are under the Baffin.
We are under page 6-5.
Government of Nunavut's Public Works, branch summary.
Under Petroleum Products Division, detail of capital, building and works for the Baffin Region.
Total for Baffin Region, 3 million 211 thousand dollars.
Chairperson (interpretation): Kivalliq Region.
Total Kivalliq region, 2 million 85 thousand.
I just have question on the Baker Lake increase capacity.
The tender closed last July for 2 million 450 thousand dollars.
The total project cost is 3.8, can you explain the additional costs on this.
Why is there such a difference.
Chairperson (interpretation): Who is going to respond to his question.
I am sorry I do not have that information available right now.
I hope your throat gets better for tomorrow Enoki because we got a long haul ahead of us.
Can the minister commit to giving me that later when she has it available.
Chairperson (interpretation): Thank you. Ms. Thompson.
Yes, as soon as we have it tomorrow we will give to you, to the member for Qamanittuaq.
Chairperson (interpretation): We are on page 6-5.
Keewatin.
Total Keewatin Region 285 thousand.
Mr. Chairman, it is going on to 6 o’clock.
Chairperson (interpretation): I am sorry I put down the number for the total Keewatin Region.
It is 2 million 85 thousand.
I said 285 thousand. Somebody wants to report progress and the motion is in order.
Maybe I am not coming across.
Those who want to keep going.
Okay then we will keep going.
Maybe we have been sitting for too long.
>>Committee recessed for fifteen minutes
We were on the Petroleum Products Division, Keewatin Region.
Total Keewatin region, 2 million 85 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Kitikmeot region.
Total Kitikmeot region, 2 million 404 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Total buildings and works, 7 million 700 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Total capital expenditures, 7 million 700 thousand.
Chairperson (interpretation): Turning onto the other page, 6 - 6.
Would you like to go into detail or clause by clause.
Mr. Chairman, I believe we have concluded the capital and looking at the time I would move that we report progress at this time.
Chairperson (interpretation): The member would like to report progress.
If the Speaker could return please. I would like to thank the Minister of Public Works and also Mr. Mrazek and Mr. Galbraith. I apologize if I did not say your name right.
Thank you very much for being at the witness table. We will see you again tomorrow.
Speaker: Returning to the orders of the day. Item 20. Report of the Committee of the whole.
Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 13 and tabled document 41 - 1(3) and 51 - 1(3), 60 - 1(3), 61 - 1(3), 77 - 1(3) and would like to report progress, and Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the committee of the whole be concurred with.
Speaker: Is there a seconder for the motion.
Meeting of regular caucus at 7 o’clock this evening.
Meeting of full caucus at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.
Orders of the Day for Tuesday April 18.
Tabled Document 84 - 1(3)
Tabled Document 85 - 1(3)
According to the authority vested in me by motion 3 - 1(3) this House stands adjourned until Tuesday April 18, at 10.30 a.m.
>>House adjourned at 6.15 p.m.
DAY 37
Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Pages 1624 - 1708
Hon. Peter Kattuk
Sergeant-At- Arms
Jaco Ishulutak  Editors of Hansard
Innirvik Support Services
Opening Prayer 1624
Ministers’ Statements 1624
Members’ Statements 1625
Returns to Oral Questions 1632
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery 1634
Oral Questions 1634
Written Questions 1646
Tabling of Documents 1647
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 1647
Report of the Committee of the Whole 1707
Orders of the Day 1707
Tuesday April 18, 2000 1624
117- 1(3): Arctic Traveller Vacation Planner (Kilabuk) 1624
330 - 1(3): Quluaq School Renovation (Iqaqrialu) 1625
331 - 1(3): Airline Routes and High Costs (Irqittuq) 1626
332 - 1(3): Qaqqalik School Student Exchange (Akesuk) 1627
333 - 1(3): Condolences for Arviat, Good Wishes for Duffy’s (Thompson) 1627
334 - 1(3): Leadership in the House (Kattuk) 1627
335 - 1(3): Iqaluit Recreational Complex (Picco) 1628
336 - 1(3): Lack of Response from Airlines (McLean) 1628
337 - 1(3): Cambridge Bay High School (Ng) 1629
338 - 1(3): Review of Chief Electoral Officers’ Report (Tootoo) 1631
Return to OQ 434 - 1(3): Gjoa Haven Soapstone Quarry (Kilabuk) 1632
Return to OQ 440 - 1(3): Polaris Mine Status (Kilabuk) 1633
479 - 1(3): Letter to Clyde River DEA (Iqaqrialu) 1634
480 - 1(3): Review of Airline Schedules (Irqittuq) 1637
481 - 1(3): Depletion of Ozone Layer (Havioyak) 1638
482 - 1(3): Timing and Secrecy of Budget Process (Tootoo) 1639
483 - 1(3): Condition of Baker Lake Airstrip (McLean) 1640
484 - 1(3): Back Lake Lodge (Puqiqnak) 1641
485 - 1(3): Hall Beach School Addition (Irqittuq) 1642
486 - 1(3): Proposed Power Grid to Kivalliq from Manitoba (McLean) 1644
487 - 1(3): Construction of Public Housing Units (Barnabas) 1645
86 - 1(3): The Arctic Traveller (Kilabuk) 1647  Tuesday April 18, 2000
Tuesday April 18, 2000
Mr. Ovide Alakannuark, Mr. Olayuk Akesuk, Honourable Jack Anawak, Honourable James Arvaluk, Mr. Levi Barnabas, Mr. Donald Havioyak, Mr. David Iqaqrialu, Mr. Enoki Irqittuq, Honourable Peter Kilabuk, Honourable Peter Kattuk, Mr. Glenn McLean, Honourable Kelvin Ng, Mr. Jobie Nutarak, Honourable Paul Okalik, Honourable Kevin O’Brien, Honourable Ed Picco, Mr. Uriash Puqiqnak, Honourable Manitok Thompson, Mr. Hunter Tootoo.
Speaker (Mr. O'Brien): I would like to have Mr. Puqiqnak say the opening prayer.
Speaker: Good morning members.
Orders of the day. Item 2.
Minister's Statements. Mr. Kilabuk.
Minister’s Statement 117- 1(3): Arctic Traveller Vacation Planner
I am very pleased to announce to the house that Nunavut Tourism Chairperson Bill Lyall has just launched “The Arctic Traveller”, the first vacation planner for our new territory and the first of this millennium.
Later I will be tabling the Arctic Traveller.
Mr. Speaker, The Arctic Traveller is designed to show to the people around the world what we in Nunavut already know, that Nunavut is a tremendous tourist destination.
The Arctic Traveller will be sent out to thousands of people who write Nunavut Tourism inquiring about visiting Nunavut.
The Arctic Traveller will serve to attract tourists to Nunavut because it profiles attractions and events and it will answer people’s questions about tourist services in our communities.
Questions such as who are the licensed tourism outfitters and guides and what are the lodge and hotel facilities.
Practical information such as maps, obtaining export permits and other available services.
It contains valuable information available to tourists.
A special section of the Arctic Traveller highlights our parks, which our research shows attracts twenty percent of all our visitors to Nunavut.
Mr. Speaker, to put the tourism industry in some perspective, tourism was an estimated 55 Billion dollars U.S. industry in the world.
Of this, approximately 10.4 Billion dollars U.S. was spent in Canada.
In Nunavut tourism continues to be one of the most promising economic sectors with receipts at approximately 40 million dollars and with additional spin off benefits of an additional 10 million dollars.
This book the Arctic Traveller is only one of a number of initiatives Nunavut Tourism will be undertaking this year to promote and encourage tourism development.
This summer a Nunavut visitor survey will be conducted at our visitor centres and airports.
This survey will provide us with information on who our visitors are, what their expectations are and what services and products they are buying here in Nunavut.
Later this year, Nunavut Tourism will be publishing for the first time a new combined sport hunting and fishing guide for Nunavut.
This year we will also see the launch of a new marketing and advertising campaign to build on the tremendous interest we have seen from visitors around the world who watched the birth of Canada's newest territory last year.
Also Mr. Speaker, not 2 years ago I was an outfitter in my home community of Pangnirtung.
I used to travel to trade shows in southern Canada and spent my summers introducing visitors to our wonderful land and its attractions.
I know that there is a great deal to do to build our tourism industry.
The initiatives that I have spoken about today are important pieces in the development of tourism in Nunavut.
I look forward to working with my partners at Nunavut Tourism and putting in place the building blocks that will make tourism one of the most important sectors of our developing economy.
Item 3. Members' Statements. Mr. Iqaqrialu.
Member’s Statement 330 - 1(3): Quluaq School Renovation
Mr. Speaker, after meeting with the people from Quluaq School, I had a meeting with some people in my community.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak about the letter that was given to me, coming from the education authority.
I would like to say that there should be some form of agreement on the capital projects.
Also, there is a request for an extension and we have put this in writing since March 31, 2000.
Our motion indicates the dates April 1, 2001 and August 1, 2003.
This is in the plans whereby the building is to be demolished first.
It is very important that this motion be recognized by way of the local education authority.
They have to find out just exactly when the dates are for building the school.
Mr. Speaker, the names here indicate who has been working on the motion but I will not mention them at this time.
I will not mention the names, but Mr. Speaker during question period I plan to ask about this motion further.
Member’s Statement 331 - 1(3): Airline Routes and High Costs
Mr. Speaker, I stand today to represent the people the people of my constituency regarding the First Air schedules.
First Air has a schedule where they stop over in Iqaluit and you have no other connection besides that.
Presently, in the constituency that I represent, the airfares have increased dramatically and there is no other airline carrier for passengers.
There are no other freight and cargo carriers and they only come and carry the freight 4 times a week.
Ever since the aircraft started flying, we have had patients left behind because there is not enough space on the aircraft for the patient.
Also we have a concern with tickets that are not pre-arranged resulting in patients being on standby all the time.
Also Mr. Speaker, in the community that I represent this happened. There was an infant that was being carried who had to be paid tickets for 1 thousand 258 dollars for a return ticket.
Mr. Speaker, my constituents have relatives everywhere including Repulse Bay, Pond Inlet and Arctic Bay.
It is difficult for them to travel back and forth unless they go through Iqaluit.