Nunavut Hansard 3564
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 4th Session 2nd Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 54 Monday, March 10, 2008 Pages 3564 – 3665 Iqaluit Speaker: The Honourable James Arreak, M.L.A. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Speaker Hon. Peter Kilabuk (Pangnirtung) Hon. Leona Aglukkaq Hon. Levinia Brown Hon. Paul Okalik (Nattilik) (Rankin Inlet South – Whale (Iqaluit West) Minister of Health and Social Cove) Premier; Minister of Justice; Services; Minister responsible for Deputy Premier; Minister of Minister of Executive and Status of Women Council Community and Government Services Intergovernmental Affairs Hon. Olayuk Akesuk Tagak Curley Keith Peterson (South Baffin) (Rankin Inlet North) (Cambridge Bay) Minister of Environment; Minister responsible for the Workers’ Joe Allen Evyagotailak Hon. Ed. Picco Compensation Board (Kugluktuk) (Iqaluit East) Deputy Chair, Committee of the Government House Leader; David Alagalak Whole Minister of Education; Minister of (Arviat) Energy; Minister responsible for Peter Kattuk Multiculturalism, Homelessness James Arreak (Hudson Bay) and Immigration (Uqqummiut) Deputy Speaker; Chair of the Steve Mapsalak David Simailak Committee of the Whole (Akulliq) (Baker Lake) James Arvaluk Hon. Patterk Netser Hon. Louis Tapardjuk (Tunnuniq) (Nanulik) (Amittuq) Minister of Economic Development Minister of Culture, Language, Levi Barnabas and Transportation; Minister Elders and Youth; Minister of (Quttiktuq) responsible for the Nunavut Housing Human Resources; Minister of Deputy Chair, Committee of the Corporation Finance; Chairman, Financial Whole Management Board Hunter Tootoo (Iqaluit Centre) 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.......................................................................................................................... 3564 Ministers’ Statements ................................................................................................................ 3564 Members’ Statements ................................................................................................................ 3567 Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery....................................................................................... 3573 Revert to Item 5: Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery .......................................................... 3574 Oral Questions........................................................................................................................... 3575 Written Questions...................................................................................................................... 3594 Tabled Documents..................................................................................................................... 3594 First Reading of Bills ................................................................................................................ 3595 Second Reading of Bills............................................................................................................ 3596 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ..................................... 3597 Report of the Committee of the Whole ..................................................................................... 3663 Orders of the Day ...................................................................................................................... 3664 A. Daily References Monday, March 10, 2008 .......................................................................................................... 3564 B. Ministers’ Statements 167 – 2(4): Minister Tapardjuk Absent from the House (Picco)............................................... 3564 168 – 2(4): Update on the Language of Instruction (Picco) ...................................................... 3564 169 – 2(4): A Day of Sealing Celebration (Netser)................................................................... 3565 170 – 2(4): Sivuliqtiksat Program Graduates (Okalik).............................................................. 3566 C. Members’ Statements 395 – 2(4): First Time Ever: Iqaluit to Host National Curling Championship (Tootoo)........... 3567 396 – 2(4): Repulse Bay Athletes at the Arctic Winter Games (Mapsalak).............................. 3568 397 – 2(4): Wise Woman of the Year Awards (Peterson)......................................................... 3568 398 – 2(4): Protection of Inuit Intellectual Property (Curley)................................................... 3569 399 – 2(4): Saqijuq (Arvaluk) ................................................................................................... 3571 400 – 2(4): Support “A Day of Sealing Celebration” (Kattuk) ................................................. 3572 401– 2(4): Wise Woman Awards Recipients (Brown).............................................................. 3573 402 – 2(4): Arctic Winter Games Athletes (Barnabas) ............................................................. 3573 D. Oral Questions 494 – 2(4): Devolution Negotiations Letter (Curley)................................................................ 3575 495 – 2(4): Issue of Violence in Schools (Peterson) ................................................................. 3575 496 – 2(4): Hiring Local Staff (Simailak) ................................................................................. 3577 497 – 2(4): Number of Ships Travelling in Nunavut (Barnabas) .............................................. 3579 498 – 2(4): Community Priority Changes (Arvaluk)................................................................. 3580 499 – 2(4): Number of International Nurses (Alagalak) ........................................................... 3583 500 – 2(4): Status of Materials for Housing Projects (Barnabas).............................................. 3584 501 – 2(4): Cost of Swimming Pools (Mapsalak) ..................................................................... 3585 502 – 2(4): Recycling of Beverage Containers (Peterson)........................................................ 3588 503 – 2(4): Refund of Rental Payments for Older Units (Simailak) ......................................... 3590 504 – 2(4): Independent Review: Update on Rankin Inlet Power Incident (Curley) ................ 3591 E. Written Questions 010 – 2(4): Status of Decentralization (Peterson) ..................................................................... 3594 F. Tabling of Documents 204 – 2(4): Photographs of Caribou at the Baker Lake Sewage Lagoon (Simailak)................. 3594 205 – 2(4): F/P/T Ministers Responsible for Emergency Management Meeting, January 9, 2008 (Brown)............................................................................................................................... 3595 206 – 2(4): F/P/T Ministers of Housing Meeting in Vancouver February 6, 2008 (Netser)..... 3595 207 – 2(4): Marshalling Minister’s Participation at Chesterville, ON Event February 8, 2008 (Netser) ............................................................................................................................... 3595 208 – 2(4): NDC Business Plan 2008-2009 (Netser) ................................................................ 3595 209 – 2(4): NBCC Annual Report for the Year Ending March 31, 2006 (Netser).................... 3595 G. Bills Bill 26 – Securities Act – First Reading.................................................................................... 3595 Bill 26 – Securities Act – Second Reading................................................................................ 3596 Bill 23 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2008-2009 – Consideration in Committee – Education....................................................................................................... 3598 Bill 23 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2008-2009 – Consideration in Committee – Environment.................................................................................................. 3625 Bill 23 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2008-2009 – Consideration in Committee – Community and Government Services ......................................................... 3661 Monday, March 10, 2008 Nunavut Hansard 3564 Iqaluit, Nunavut Monday, March 10, 2008 Members Present: Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Honourable Olayuk Akesuk, Mr. David Alagalak, Mr. James Arreak, Mr. James Arvaluk, Mr. Levi Barnabas, Honourable Levinia Brown, Mr. Tagak Curley, Mr. Joe Allen Evyagotailak, Mr. Peter Kattuk, Mr. Steve Mapsalak, Honourable Patterk Netser, Honourable Paul Okalik, Mr. Keith Peterson, Honourable Edward Picco, Mr. David Simailak, Mr. Hunter Tootoo. Item 1: Opening Prayer Speaker (Hon. James Arreak)(interpretation): Good afternoon. I would like to ask Mr. Alagalak to say the opening prayer. >>Prayer Speaker (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Alagalak. Good afternoon, Mr. Premier, Ministers, Members, and also Nunavummiut. (interpretation ends) Item 2. Ministers’ Statements. Minister Picco. Item 2: Ministers’ Statements Minister’s Statement 167 – 2(4): Minister Tapardjuk Absent from the House (Picco) Hon. Ed. Picco (interpretation): Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation ends) I would like to take this opportunity