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March 12, 2016 Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 3rd Session 4th Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 28 Saturday, March 12, 2016 Pages 1495 – 1558 Iqaluit Speaker: The Honourable George Qulaut, M.L.A. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Speaker Hon. George Qulaut (Amittuq) Tony Akoak Hon. George Kuksuk Hon. Paul Quassa (Gjoa Haven) (Arviat North-Whale Cove) (Aggu) Deputy Chair, Committee of the Minister of Culture and Heritage; Government House Leader; Minister Whole Minister of Languages; Minister of of Education; Minister responsible for Family Services; Minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College Pat Angnakak Homelessness (Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu) Allan Rumbolt Steve Mapsalak (Hudson Bay) Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk (Aivilik) (Iqaluit-Manirajak) Alexander Sammurtok Deputy Premier; Minister of Economic Hon. Johnny Mike (Rankin Inlet South) Development and Transportation; (Pangnirtung) Minister of Energy; Minister of Minister of Environment; Minister Tom Sammurtok Health; Minister responsible for the responsible for the Utility Rates Review (Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Status of Women; Minister responsible Council Inlet) for Suicide Prevention Hon. Joe Savikataaq Simeon Mikkungwak (Baker Lake) (Arviat South) Joe Enook Minister of Community and (Tununiq) Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Government Services Paul Okalik Committee of the Whole Isaac Shooyook (Iqaluit-Sinaa) (Quttiktuq) Hon. George Hickes (Iqaluit-Tasiluk) Hon. Keith Peterson (Cambridge Bay) Hon. Peter Taptuna Minister responsible for the Nunavut (Kugluktuk) Housing Corporation; Minister Minister of Finance, Chair of the Financial Management Board; Minister Premier; Minister of Executive and responsible for the Qulliq Energy Intergovernmental Affairs; Minister Corporation of Justice; Minister responsible for Labour; Minister responsible for the responsible for Aboriginal Affairs; Minister responsible for Immigration David Joanasie Workers’ Safety and Compensation (South Baffin) Commission Pauloosie Keyootak Emiliano Qirngnuq (Uqqummiut) (Netsilik) Officers Clerk John Quirke Deputy Clerk Clerk Assistant Law Clerk Sergeant-at-Arms Hansard Production Nancy Tupik Stephen Innuksuk Michael Chandler Simanek Kilabuk Innirvik Support Services Box 1200 Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0 Tel (867) 975-5000 Fax (867) 975-5190 Toll-Free (877) 334-7266 Website: www.assembly.nu.ca Table of Contents Opening Prayer ...........................................................................................................................1495 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ......................................1495 Report of the Committee of the Whole ......................................................................................1557 Orders of the Day .......................................................................................................................1557 A. Daily References Saturday, March 12, 2016 ..........................................................................................................1495 B. Bills Bill 13 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2016-2017 – Nunavut Arctic College – Consideration in Committee ................................................................................................1496 Bill 13 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2016-2017 – Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs – Consideration in Committee ..................................................1497 Bill 13 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2016-2017 – Environment – Consideration in Committee ................................................................................................1552 Saturday, March 12, 2016 Nunavut Hansard 1495 Iqaluit, Nunavut Whole of Bills and Other Matters. Bills Saturday, March 12, 2016 10, 11, 12, and 13 and Tabled Members Present: Documents 73 – 4(2), 116 – 4(2), 140 – Mr. Tony Akoak, Ms. Pat Angnakak, 4(2), 149 – 4(2), and 70 – 4(3) with Mr. Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Mr. Joe Enook in the Chair. Enook, Hon. George Hickes, Mr. David Joanasie, Mr. Pauloosie Keyootak, Mr. In accordance with the authority Steve Mapsalak, Hon. Johnny Mike, Mr. provided to me by Motion 16 – 4(3), the Simeon Mikkungwak, Mr. Paul Okalik, committee will stay in session until it Hon. Keith Peterson, Mr. Emiliano reports itself out. Qirngnuq, Hon. Paul Quassa, Hon. George Qulaut, Mr. Allan Rumbolt, Mr. I ask members to remain at their desks Alexander Sammurtok, Mr. Tom so that we can immediately proceed to Sammurtok, Hon. Joe Savikataaq, Mr. the Committee of the Whole. Isaac Shooyook, Hon. Peter Taptuna. (interpretation) Sergeant-at-Arms. >>House commenced at 13:30 Item 19: Consideration in Committee Item 1: Opening Prayer of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters Speaker (Hon. George Qulaut) (interpretation): Can you say the opening Chairman (Mr. Enook) (interpretation): prayer, please, Mr. Enook. Good afternoon, my colleagues, (interpretation ends) Mr. Premier, >>Prayer (interpretation) and Nunavummiut watching the televised proceedings and Speaker (interpretation): Good day, my listening to the radio broadcast. fellow Nunavummiut, members, ministers, (interpretation ends) Premier, Before we go to the orders of the day, I (interpretation) and visitors. I would also would first like to recognize Maatali like to send my regards to my mother Okalik, who is in the gallery. Welcome and to my family. to the House. Mr. Rumbolt. >>Applause Mr. Rumbolt: Good afternoon, Mr. Also, Joelie Sangoya from Clyde River, Speaker and fellow members. Mr. welcome to the House. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to proceed directly to Item 19 on the order >>Applause paper. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let us proceed. In Committee of the Speaker: The member is seeking Whole, we have the following items to unanimous consent to proceed directly to deal with: Bills 10, 11, 12, and 13 and Item 19. Are there any nays? There are Tabled Documents 73 – 4(2), 116 – 4(2), none. We will proceed to Item 19. Item 140 – 4(2), 149 – 4(2), and 70 – 4(3). 19. [Consideration in] Committee of the Saturday, March 12, 2016 Nunavut Hansard 1496 What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Chairman (interpretation): Thank you. Rumbolt. Sergeant-at-Arms, please escort the minister’s officials in. Mr. Rumbolt: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We wish to continue with the Thank you, Sergeant-at-Arms. Minister review of the 2016-17 Main Estimates of Quassa, please introduce your witnesses. Nunavut Arctic College, followed by the Minister Quassa. Department of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Hon. Paul Quassa (interpretation): Department of Environment, the Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With me to Department of Culture and Heritage, the my right is Joe Kunuk. I had to look at Department of Justice, and the him twice. He is the president of Legislative Assembly of Nunavut. Nunavut Arctic College. Sitting to my Thank you, Mr. Chairman. left is Elaine Uppahuak-Prusky, Senior Business Officer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman (interpretation): Thank you, Chairman. Mr. Rumbolt. Are we in agreement that we first deal with the main estimates for Chairman (interpretation): Thank you, Nunavut Arctic College? Minister. Mr. Kunuk and Ms. Prusky, welcome to the House. Some Members: Agreed. Yesterday, we started with the opening Bill 13 – Appropriation (Operations & comments from Minister Quassa. Maintenance) Act, 2016-2017 – Further, I believe that we also heard the Nunavut Arctic College – reasons for most of the pages we are set Consideration in Committee to review and I think we can debate them at that time. Nonetheless, if there are any Chairman (interpretation): Thank you. general comments related to the opening Minister Quassa, before we go ahead comments, I open the floor. Are there with your department, do you have any general comments? witnesses that you would like to bring to the table? Minister Quassa. If there are no general comments, let’s start with the page-by-page review. Page Hon. Paul Quassa (interpretation): M-3. Department Summary. Nunavut Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good day, Arctic College. Total Operations and my colleagues. Yes, I would like Maintenance, to be Voted. $34,382,000. officials here with me. Do you agree? Chairman (interpretation): Thank you. Some Members: Agreed. Do you agree to let Minister Quassa’s officials go to the witness table? Chairman (interpretation): Do you agree that Nunavut Arctic College is Some Members: Agreed. concluded? Some Members: Agreed. Saturday, March 12, 2016 Nunavut Hansard 1497 Chairman (interpretation): Thank you. meeting. We will be dealing with the Minister Quassa, if you have any closing main estimates and business plan for the remarks, I now give you the opportunity Department of Executive and to make them. Intergovernmental Affairs. I would like to ask (interpretation ends) Premier Hon. Paul Quassa (interpretation): Taptuna (interpretation) if he has Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I also thank witnesses that he would like to bring to my colleagues for reviewing and the table. Mr. Premier. approving the main estimates for Nunavut Arctic College. Further, I just Hon. Peter Taptuna (interpretation): want to inform my colleagues that we Yes. Thank you. will implement the action items in our plans. Chairman (interpretation): Thank you. Premier Taptuna would like to bring his I also want to thank my officials with me officials in. Do you agree? at the witness table, Joe Kunuk, Elaine, and also another official standing by, Some Members: Agreed. Marcelo, who is here in the gallery, for
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