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February 28, 2005 Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 2nd Session 2nd Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 15 Monday February 28, 2005 Pages 834 – 910 Iqaluit Speaker: The Honourable Jobie Nutarak, M.L.A. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Speaker Hon. Jobie Nutarak (Tununiq) Steve Mapsalak Peter Kattuk Hon. Peter Kilabuk (Akulliq) (Hudson Bay) (Pangnirtung) Minister of Community and Hon. Louis Tapardjuk Hunter Tootoo Government Services; Minister (Amittuq) (Iqaluit Centre) Responsible for the Nunavut Minister of Culture, Language, Housing Corporation Elders and Youth; Minister of Hon. Ed Picco Human Resources (Iqaluit East) Tagak Curley Minister Responsible for Minister of Education; Minister (Rankin Inlet North) Sport Nunavut of Energy; Minister Responisble for Qulliq Energy Corporation Hon. Levinia Brown David Alagalak Minister Responsible for Nunavut (Rankin Inlet South-Whale (Arviat) Arctic College; Minister Cove) Responsible, Homelessness and Deputy Premier; Minister of Hon. Leona Aglukkaq Immigration Health and Social Services; (Nattilik) Minister Responsible for the Minister of Finance; Government Hon. Paul Okalik Status of Women House Leader (Iqaluit West) Liquor Licensing Board Premier; Minister of Justice; Hon. Olayuk Akesuk Crown Agency Council Minister of Executive and (South Baffin) Intergovernmental Affairs Minister of Environment; Hon. David Simailak Utility Rates Review Council Minister Responsible for the (Baker Lake) Workers' Compensation Board Minister of Economic Joe Allen Evyagotailak Development and Transportation (Kugluktuk) James Arreak Business Credit Corporation (Uqqurmiut) Nunavut Development Patterk Netser Corporation (Nanulik) Levi Barnabas (Quttiktuq) Keith Peterson (Cambridge Bay) Officers Clerk John Quirke Deputy Clerk Clerk Assistant Law Clerk Sergeant-At-Arms Hansard Production Nancy Tupik Kooyoo Nooshoota 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............................................................................................................................ 834 Ministers’ Statements .................................................................................................................. 834 Members’ Statements .................................................................................................................. 840 Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery......................................................................................... 847 Oral Questions............................................................................................................................. 848 Return to Item 5: Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery ............................................................ 866 Tabled Documents....................................................................................................................... 867 Notices of Motions ...................................................................................................................... 868 Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills ............................................................................. 868 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ....................................... 869 Report of the Committee of the Whole ....................................................................................... 909 Orders of the Day ........................................................................................................................ 909 A. Daily References Monday February 28, 2005 ......................................................................................................... 834 B. Ministers’ Statements 050 – 2(2): New Electricity Rates for Nunavut (Picco) .............................................................. 834 051 - 2(2): Field Officer Trainee Program (Akesuk) .................................................................. 836 052 – 2(2): Qulliq Energy Corporation Enhances Accountability (Picco).................................. 836 053 – 2(2): 2004 Nunavut Literacy Prize (Tapardjuk)................................................................ 838 054 – 2(2): Electricity Subsidy Changes (Aglukkaq).................................................................. 838 C. Members’ Statements 110 – 2(2): Gasoline Supply in Sanikiluaq (Kattuk) ................................................................... 840 111 – 2(2): Gasoline Problems in Arviat (Alagalak)................................................................... 841 112 – 2(2): Birthday Wish (Kilabuk) .......................................................................................... 842 113 – 2(2): Hamlet of Kugluktuk Efforts (Evyagotailak) ........................................................... 842 114 – 2(2): Social Worker (Barnabas)......................................................................................... 843 115 – 2(2): Power Rate Increases (Curley) ................................................................................. 843 116 – 2(2): Globe and Mail Article (Picco)................................................................................. 844 117 – 2(2): Alcohol and Drug Treatment in Cambridge Bay (Peterson) .................................... 844 118 – 2(2): Thank Individuals (Tootoo)...................................................................................... 845 119 – 2(2): Airport Safety During a Power Outage (Netser)....................................................... 846 120 – 2(2): Birthday Wish to Daughter (Brown) ........................................................................ 846 121 – 2(2): Long Service Awards (Aglukkaq) ............................................................................ 847 D. Oral Questions 153 – 2(2): Plans for a New Office Building (Tootoo) ............................................................... 848 154 – 2(2): Airport Safety (Netser) ............................................................................................. 850 155 – 2(2): Social Worker (Barnabas)......................................................................................... 851 156 – 2(2): Fuel Rate Rider Public Consultations (Curley) ........................................................ 852 157 – 2(2): Update on Gasoline Problems (Kattuk).................................................................... 855 158 – 2(2): Update on the Workers’ Compensation Board (Peterson)........................................ 856 159 – 2(2): Plans for a New School (Arreak).............................................................................. 858 160 – 2(2): Attendance and Grievances in Government of Nunavut (Tootoo) ........................... 859 161 – 2(2): Arctic Bay and Nanisivik Access Road Funding (Barnabas) ................................... 861 162 – 2(2): Policy on Co-Pilot Requirement (Kattuk) ................................................................ 863 163 – 2(2): Bad Fuel Issue (Curley)............................................................................................ 864 E. Tabling of Documents 072 – 2(2): Utility Rates Review Council Report 2004 (Okalik)................................................ 867 073 – 2(2): KPMG Report – Medical Travel Review, Strategy and Recommendations (Brown) ..................................................................................................................................................... 868 074 – 2(2): Utility Rates Review Council Final Report (Picco).................................................. 868 075 – 2(2): Ministers Report to Utility Rates Review Council (Picco)....................................... 868 076 – 2(2): Nunavut Arctic College Annual Report (Picco) ....................................................... 868 F. Motions 011 – 2(2): Mid-term Review of the Executive Council of Nunavut – Notice (Curley)............. 868 G. Bills Bill 13 – An Act to Amend the Wills Act – Notice..................................................................... 869 Bill 14 – Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act – Notice ....................................................... 869 Monday, February 28, 2005 Nunavut Hansard 834 Iqaluit, Nunavut Monday February 28, 2005 Members Present: Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Honourable Olayuk Akesuk, Mr. David Alagalak, Mr. James Arreak, Mr. Levi Barnabas, Honourable Levinia Brown, Mr. Tagak Curley, Mr. Joe Allan Evyagotailak, Mr. Peter Kattuk, Honourable Peter Kilabuk, Mr. Patterk Netser, Honourable Jobie Nutarak, Honourable Paul Okalik, Mr. Keith Peterson, Honourable Edward Picco, Honourable David Simailak, Honourable Louis Tapardjuk, Mr. Hunter Tootoo. Item 1: Opening Prayer Speaker (interpretation): Good afternoon. I would like to ask Mr. Curley to say the opening prayer. >>Prayer Speaker (interpretation): Welcome. Good afternoon Mr. Premier, members. Going to the orders of the day. Item 2. Ministers’ statements. Minister Picco. Item 2: Ministers’ Statements Minister’s Statement 050 – 2(2): New Electricity Rates for Nunavut Hon. Ed Picco: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon. I am pleased to inform the members that I will shortly be tabling the final report of the Utility Rates Review Council, along with the initial report, my correspondence with the council and my resulting instructions to the Qulliq Energy Corporation, under the Utility Rates
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