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Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 3rd Session 4th Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 31 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Pages 1728 – 1797 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 ...........................................................................................................................1728 Ministers’ Statements .................................................................................................................1728 Members’ Statements .................................................................................................................1731 Returns to Oral Questions ..........................................................................................................1737 Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery ........................................................................................1740 Oral Questions ............................................................................................................................1743 Written Questions .......................................................................................................................1754 Tabling of Documents ................................................................................................................1758 Motions .......................................................................................................................................1761 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ......................................1766 Report of the Committee of the Whole ......................................................................................1794 Third Reading of Bills ................................................................................................................1794 Assent to Bills ............................................................................................................................1795 Orders of the Day .......................................................................................................................1796 A. Daily References Wednesday, March 16, 2016 ......................................................................................................1728 B. Ministers’ Statements 100 – 4(3): Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation (Taptuna) ...................................................1728 101 – 4(3): NHC Moving Forward with Energy Efficiency Measures (Hickes)........................1729 102 – 4(3): Arctic Indigenous Education Conference 2016 (Quassa) ........................................1730 C. Members’ Statements 213 – 4(3): Iqaluit Fiddle Club Welcomes Youth Orchestra (Angnakak) ..................................1731 214 – 4(3): Wife Recovering in Yellowknife (Qirngnuq) ..........................................................1731 215 – 4(3): Congratulations to Donna May Kimmaliardjuk (Sammurtok, T) ............................1732 216 – 4(3): News from Daughter, Lucy (Mapsalak) ..................................................................1732 217 – 4(3): Appreciation of Mothers (Akoak)............................................................................1733 218 – 4(3): The Importance of Nunavut Sivuniksavut (Joanasie) ..............................................1733 219 – 4(3): The Northern Youth Abroad Program (Enook) .......................................................1734 220 – 4(3): The Arctic Inspiration Prize (Hickes) ......................................................................1735 221 – 4(3): Update on the Pangnirtung Fishery (Mike) .............................................................1736 D. Returns to Oral Questions Return to Oral Question 230 – 4(3): Amending Eligibility Criteria for Senior Fuel Subsidy (Mike) ..................................................................................................................................1737 Return to Oral Question 244 – 4(3): Search and Rescue Contribution Policy (Savikataaq) ......1737 Return to Oral Question 256 – 4(3): Repatriating Nunavut Elders (Mike) ................................1738 Return to Oral Question 259 – 4(3): Departmental Vacancies (Savikataaq) ..............................1738 Return to Oral Question 274 – 4(3): Nunavut Food Strategy and the Niqittiavak Committee (Mike) ..................................................................................................................................1739 E. Oral Questions 288 – 4(3): Collective Bargaining (Angnakak) ..........................................................................1743 289 – 4(3): Funding for Arena Upgrades and Repairs (Mikkungwak) ......................................1744 290 – 4(3): Government Presence in Non-decentralized Communities (Mapsalak) ..................1745 291 – 4(3): Meeting with DEA of Cape Dorset (Joanasie) ........................................................1748 292 – 4(3): Alternative Energy Solutions (Okalik) ....................................................................1750 293 – 4(3): Senior Fuel Subsidy (Joanasie) ................................................................................1751 294 – 4(3): Senior Fuel Subsidy (Mikkungwak) ........................................................................1752 F. Written Questions 007 – 4(3): Government of Nunavut Responses to the Resolutions Adopted at the 2014 and 2015 Annual General Meetings of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities (Angnakak) .......1754 008 – 4(3): Government of Nunavut Presentation to the Canada Transportation Act Review (Mikkungwak) .....................................................................................................................1754 009 – 4(3): Economic Activity, Tax Revenues, and Tax Rebates (Okalik) ...............................1755 010 – 4(3): Annual Fuel Purchases by the Government of Nunavut (Sammurtok) ...................1757 011 – 4(3): Services and Benefits for Out-of-Territory Dialysis Patients (Sammurtok, T) .......1757 G. Tabling of Documents 115 – 4(3): Correspondence from the Mittimatalik Hunters and Trappers Organization (Enook) .............................................................................................................................................1758 116 – 4(3): Petition – Kimmirut to Keewatin Air (Joanasie) .....................................................1759 117 – 4(3): Department of Justice 2014 Minimum Wage Rate Annual Report (Peterson) ........1759 118 – 4(3): Nunavut Law Foundation Annual Report December 31, 2014 (Peterson) ..............1759 119 – 4(3): Nunavut Liquor Licensing Board Annual Report 2014-2015 (Peterson) ................1759 120 – 4(3): FPT Ministers of Justice and Public Safety January 21, 2016 (Peterson) ...............1759 121 – 4(3): Family Abuse Intervention Act Annual Report 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (Peterson) .............................................................................................................................................1759 122 – 4(3): Nunavut Victims Services Annual Report 2014-2015 (Peterson) ...........................1759 123 – 4(3): NHC Contracting and Procurement Activity Report March 31, 2014 (Hickes) ......1760 124 – 4(3): NHC Contracting and Procurement Activity Report March 31, 2015 (Hickes) ......1760 125 – 4(3): Director