Nunavut Hansard 1938
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Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 3rd Session 3rd Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 35 Thursday, March 1, 2012 Pages 1938 – 2001 Iqaluit Speaker: The Honourable Hunter Tootoo, M.L.A. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Speaker Hon. Hunter Tootoo (Iqaluit Centre) Hon. Eva Aariak Joe Enook Allan Rumbolt (Iqaluit East) (Tununiq) (Hudson Bay) Premier; Minister of Education; Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Minister of Executive and Hon. Fred Schell Intergovernmental Affairs; Minister Hon. Lorne Kusugak (South Baffin) responsible for Aboriginal Affairs; (Rankin Inlet South – Whale Cove) Minister of Human Resources; Minister responsible for Immigration; Government House Leader; Minister of Minister responsible for the Minister responsible for the Status of Community and Government Services; Nunavut Housing Corporation; Women Minister responsible for the Qulliq Minister responsible for Energy Corporation Homelessness; Minister responsible Hon. James Arreak for the Workers’ Safety and (Uqqummiut) John Ningark Compensation Commission Minister of Culture, Language, Elders (Akulliq) and Youth; Minister of Environment; Hon. Daniel Shewchuk Johnny Ningeongan Minister of Languages; Minister (Arviat) (Nanulik) Minister of Justice; Minister responsible for the Utility Rates Review Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Council responsible for Nunavut Arctic Committee of the Whole College Moses Aupaluktuq Hezakiah Oshutapik (Baker Lake) Louis Tapardjuk (Pangnirtung) (Amittuq) Tagak Curley Deputy Chair, Committee of the Hon. Keith Peterson Whole (Rankin Inlet North) (Cambridge Bay) Minister of Finance, Chair of the Monica Ell Hon. Peter Taptuna Financial Management Board; Minister (Iqaluit West) (Kugluktuk) of Health and Social Services Deputy Premier; Minister of Ron Elliott Economic Development and (Quttiktuq) Transportation; Minister of Energy Jeannie Ugyuk (Nattilik) 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 ...........................................................................................................................1938 Ministers’ Statements .................................................................................................................1938 Members’ Statements .................................................................................................................1941 Returns to Oral Questions ..........................................................................................................1944 Oral Questions ............................................................................................................................1944 Tabling of Documents ................................................................................................................1962 Second Reading of Bills .............................................................................................................1962 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ......................................1965 Report of the Committee of the Whole ......................................................................................2000 Orders of the Day .......................................................................................................................2001 A. Daily References Thursday, March 1, 2012............................................................................................................1938 B. Ministers’ Statements 130 – 3(3): Nunavut Supports Artists’ Resale Rights (Taptuna) ................................................1938 131 – 3(3): Curriculum Resources in Nunavut (Aariak) ............................................................1939 132 – 3(3): Dedication and Professionalism Demonstrated by Nunavut Arctic College and the Community of Iqaluit Applauded (Shewchuk) ....................................................................1939 133 – 3(3): Nunavummi Nangminiqaqtunik Ikajuuti (NNI) Policy Review (Aariak) ...............1940 C. Members’ Statements 189 – 3(3): 2012 TV Nunavut Conference (Ell) .........................................................................1941 190 – 3(3): Successful Start to Winter Turbot Fishery (Oshutapik) ...........................................1942 191 – 3(3): Northern Youth Abroad (Elliott) .............................................................................1942 192 – 3(3): Kugluktuk Participants at the Arctic Winter Games (Taptuna) ...............................1943 193 – 3(3): Qikiqtarjuaq Participants at the Arctic Winter Games (Arreak) ..............................1944 D. Returns to Oral Questions Return to Oral Question 259 – 3(3): Establishment of Total Allowable Take of the Southern Hudson Bay Polar Bear Subpopulation (Arreak) .................................................................1944 E. Oral Questions 289 – 3(3): Fire Safety Inspections (Ell) ....................................................................................1944 290 – 3(3): Security at Nunavut Airports (Enook) .....................................................................1945 291 – 3(3): Community Freezers (Ningeongan) .........................................................................1947 292 – 3(3): Government of Nunavut Policies Regarding Construction Contracts (Ningark) ....1948 293 – 3(3): Safety and Security of Students (Curley) ................................................................1951 294 – 3(3): Affordable Housing and Nunavut Trust (Elliott) .....................................................1953 295 – 3(3): Total Allowable Harvest of Polar Bears (Rumbolt) ................................................1954 296 – 3(3): Alberta Curriculum and Entrance Exams (Oshutapik) ............................................1956 297 – 3(3): Inuit Societal Values (Tapardjuk) ............................................................................1958 F. Tabling of Documents 160 – 3(3): Quttiktuq Constituency Newsletter (Elliott) ............................................................1962 161 – 3(3): Interim Report of Members’ Absences from Sittings of the House and Meetings of Committees and Caucuses for the Period October to December of 2011 (Speaker) ...........1962 162 – 3(3): Report to the Management and Services Board on Procurement and Contracting Activities for the Legislative Assembly for the Year 2010-2011 (Speaker) ........................1962 G. Committee Motions 008 – 3(3): Review of the Patient/Client Complaints Procedure of the Department of Health and Social Services (Tapardjuk) .................................................................................................1990 H. Bills Bill 28 – Write-off of Assets Act, 2011-2012 – Second Reading ..............................................1962 Bill 29 – Write-off of Assets Act, No. 1, 2010-2011 – Second Reading ...................................1963 Bill 30 – Building Code Act – Second Reading .........................................................................1963 Bill 31 – An Act to Amend the Consumer Protection Act – Second Reading ...........................1964 Bill 32 – An Act to Amend the Legal Services Act – Second Reading .....................................1964 Bill 33 – An Act to Amend the Labour Standards Act – Second Reading .................................1964 Bill 24 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2012-2013 – Health and Social Services – Consideration in Committee ...............................................................................1965 Thursday, March 1, 2012 Nunavut Hansard 1938 Iqaluit, Nunavut established an international reputation Thursday, March 1, 2012 for the distinctiveness and quality of Members Present: their work. Honourable Eva Aariak, Honourable James Arreak, Mr. Moses Aupaluktuq, Inuit artists have brought their vision of Mr. Tagak Curley, Ms. Monica Ell, Mr. the world to an international audience Ron Elliott, Mr. Joe Enook, Honourable and built an economic sector that creates Lorne Kusugak, Mr. John Ningark, Mr. jobs and contributes tens of millions of Johnny Ningeongan, Mr. Hezakiah dollars every year to Nunavut’s Oshutapik, Honourable Keith Peterson, economy. Mr. Allan Rumbolt, Honourable Fred Schell, Honourable Daniel Shewchuk, Mr. Speaker, in Tamapta, we committed Mr. Louis Tapardjuk, Honourable Peter to increasing support for culture and the Taptuna, Honourable Hunter Tootoo, arts. We also committed to reducing Ms. Jeannie Ugyuk. poverty in our communities. Today, we add our voice to support artists’ resale >>House commenced at 13:31 right and encourage Canada to address this critical piece of legislation. Item 1: Opening Prayer Mr. Speaker, an artists’ resale right Speaker (Hon. Hunter Tootoo): would entitle visual artists like Qujannamiik, Sergeant-at-Arms. Before Nunavut’s Pitaloosie Saila, Qavavau we proceed, I would like to ask Mr. Manumie, Paul Maliki, and Nick Ningeongan if he could lead us off with Sikkuark, just to name a few, or their a prayer, please. estate, to a 5 percent royalty payment on art resold through an auction house or >>Prayer commercial gallery. Speaker (interpretation): Thank you, The artists’ resale right was first Mr. Ningeongan. (interpretation ends) introduced in France in 1920. Since then,