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Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 1st Session 3rd Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 9 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Pages 342 – 397 Iqaluit Speaker: The Honourable James Arreak, M.L.A. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Speaker Hon. James Arreak (Uqqummiut) Hon. Eva Aariak Hon. Lorne Kusugak Allan Rumbolt (Iqaluit East) (Rankin Inlet South – Whale Cove) (Hudson Bay) Premier; Minister of Executive Minister of Community and and Intergovernmental Affairs; Government Services; Minister of Fred Schell Minister responsible for the Status Energy (South Baffin) of Women; Minister responsible for Immigration John Ningark Hon. Daniel Shewchuk (Arviat) (Akulliq) James Arvaluk Minister of Environment; Minister of (Tununiq) Johnny Ningeongan Human Resources; Minister (Nanulik) responsible for the Nunavut Arctic Moses Aupaluktuq Deputy Speaker, Chair of the College (Baker Lake) Committee of the Whole Hon. Louis Tapardjuk Hon. Tagak Curley Paul Okalik (Amittuq) (Rankin Inlet North) (Iqaluit West) Government House Leader; Minister Minister of Health and Social Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole of Education; Minister of Culture, Services; Minister responsible for Language, Elders and Youth; the Workers’ Safety and Enuk Pauloosie Minister of Languages; Minister of Compensation Commission; (Nattilik) Aboriginal Affairs Minister responsible for the Utility Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Rates Review Council Hon. Peter Taptuna Hon. Keith Peterson (Kugluktuk) Ron Elliott (Cambridge Bay) Deputy Premier; Minister of Economic (Quttiktuq) Minister of Finance, Chair, Financial Development and Transportation Management Board; Minister of Justice Adamee Komoartok Hon. Hunter Tootoo (Pangnirtung) (Iqaluit Centre) Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation; Minister responsible for the Qulliq Energy Corporation; Minister responsible for Homelessness Officers Clerk John Quirke Deputy Clerk Clerk Assistant Law Clerk Sergeant-at-Arms Hansard Production Nancy Tupik Stephen Innuksuk Susan Cooper 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............................................................................................................................ 342 Ministers’ Statements .................................................................................................................. 342 Members’ Statements .................................................................................................................. 346 Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery......................................................................................... 350 Oral Questions............................................................................................................................. 351 Tabling of Documents ................................................................................................................. 367 Motions........................................................................................................................................ 368 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ....................................... 374 Report of the Committee of the Whole ....................................................................................... 396 Orders of the Day ........................................................................................................................ 396 A. Daily References Wednesday, March 25, 2009....................................................................................................... 342 B. Ministers’ Statements 039 – 3(1): Hybrid Vehicle (Kusugak)........................................................................................ 342 040 – 3(1): Language Implementation – Next Steps (Tapardjuk)............................................... 343 041 – 3(1): National Social Work Month (Curley) ..................................................................... 344 042 – 3(1): Nunavut Coastal Resource Inventory Update (Shewchuk) ...................................... 345 043 – 3(1): Nunavut’s High School Graduation Numbers - 2008 (Tapardjuk)........................... 345 C. Members’ Statements 072 – 3(1): Nancy Pukirnak Aupaluktuq – Recipient of Keith Rawlings Award (Aupaluktuq). 346 073 – 3(1): Opportunities for Sport (Rumbolt) ........................................................................... 346 074 – 3(1): Land Survey for Kugaaruk (Ningark)....................................................................... 347 075 – 3(1): 33rd Birthday of Son Edward Akittiq Tapardjuk (Tapardjuk) ................................. 348 076 – 3(1): First Air Service in Arviat (Shewchuk) .................................................................... 348 077 – 3(1): Supporting Nunavummiut with Disabilities (Pauloosie) .......................................... 348 078 – 3(1): Constituency Office Update (Aariak)....................................................................... 350 079 – 3(1): Hudson Bay Quest (Curley)...................................................................................... 350 D. Oral Questions 069 – 3(1): Housing Inspectors (Schell)...................................................................................... 351 070 – 3(1): Responsibility for Establishing Social Assistance Rates (Rumbolt) ........................ 352 071 – 3(1): Kugaaruk Drum Dance Festival (Ningark)............................................................... 354 072 – 3(1): Client Services Coordinator for Nunavut II (Elliott) ................................................ 355 073 – 3(1): GN-RCMP Shared Directional Statement (Aupaluktuq).......................................... 357 074 – 3(1): Patient-Signed Consent Form (Elliott) ..................................................................... 359 075 – 3(1): Housing Drawings Not Code Compliant (Schell) .................................................... 360 076 – 3(1): Plans for Lottery Booths in Nunavut (Okalik).......................................................... 361 077 – 3(1): Inadequate Number of Housing Lots in Kugaaruk (Ningark) .................................. 362 078 – 3(1): Transportation for Elders (Pauloosie)....................................................................... 363 079 – 3(1): Child Welfare Laws (Okalik) ................................................................................... 364 080 – 3(1): Protection of Waters from Pollution (Elliott) ........................................................... 365 081 – 3(1): Community Outreach Worker Program (Ningark)................................................... 366 082 – 3(1): Historical Graduating Rates (Elliott) ........................................................................ 367 E. Tabling of Documents 021 – 3(1): Coral Harbour Meat Processing Plant Feasibility Study (Ningeongan) ................... 367 022 – 3(1): Nunavut Coastal Resource Inventory – Igloolik Pilot Project (Shewchuk).............. 367 F. Motions 019 – 3(1): Opposition to the European Union’s Proposed Ban on Seal Products (Shewchuk) . 368 G. Bills Bill 01 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2009-2010 – Education – Consideration in Committee. 374 Bill 01 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2009-2010 – Economic Development and Transportation – Consideration in Committee ................................................................................................. 381 Bill 01 – Appropriation (Capital) Act, 2009-2010 – Health and Social Services – Consideration in Committee............................................................................................................................. 394 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Nunavut Hansard 342 Iqaluit, Nunavut in Nunavut. Hybrid vehicles use up to 25 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 percent less gasoline than regular Members Present: vehicles and cause less greenhouse gas Honourable Eva Aariak, Honourable emissions. James Arreak, Mr. Moses Aupaluktuq, Honourable Tagak Curley, Mr. Ron Over the next year, we will be testing Elliott, Mr. Adamee Komoartok, this vehicle and will track its Honourable Lorne Kusugak, Mr. John performance, fuel consumption, and Ningark, Mr. Johnny Ningeongan, Mr. mileage. A full report will be compiled Paul Okalik, Mr. Enuk Pauloosie, and released in the summer of 2009- Honourable Keith Peterson, Mr. Allan 2010. So far, I am pleased to report that Rumbolt, Mr. Fred Schell, Honourable this vehicle has performed well through Daniel Shewchuk, Honourable Louis the winter months while being tested Tapardjuk, Honourable Peter Taptuna, here in Iqaluit. Honourable Hunter Tootoo. (interpretation ends) Mr. Speaker, the Item 1: Opening Prayer vehicle we have purchased is a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid. This vehicle uses Speaker (Hon. James Arreak) gasoline and electric technology and (interpretation): Before we proceed, I runs solely on electric power when would like to ask Mr. Ningeongan to say battery capacity permits. The battery the opening prayer. Mr. Ningeongan. charges when the engine is running and when the brakes are applied. >>Prayer I would also like to note that the fabric Speaker (interpretation): Good in our hybrid vehicle is made from 100 afternoon, a very beautiful afternoon, percent waste material which recycles Madam Premier, Ministers, Members, material that would have otherwise and the people of Nunavut. Good ended up in the landfill