Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 3rd Session 4th Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 59 Friday, February 24, 2017 Pages 3296 – 3336 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; Minister Government House Leader; Whole of Languages; Minister responsible for the Minister of Education; Minister Nunavut Housing Corporation responsible for Nunavut Arctic Pat Angnakak College (Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu) Steve Mapsalak (Aivilik) Allan Rumbolt Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk (Hudson Bay) (Iqaluit-Manirajak) Hon. Johnny Mike Deputy Premier; Minister of (Pangnirtung) Alexander Sammurtok Economic Development and Minister of Family Services; Minister (Rankin Inlet South) Transportation; Minister responsible responsible for Homelessness; Minister for the Status of Women; Minister responsible for the Qulliq Energy Tom Sammurtok responsible for the Utility Rates Corporation (Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Review Council Inlet) Simeon Mikkungwak Hon. Joe Savikataaq Joe Enook (Baker Lake) (Arviat South) (Tununiq) Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Minister of Community and Committee of the Whole Paul Okalik Government Services; Minister of (Iqaluit-Sinaa) Energy; Minister of Environment Hon. George Hickes (Iqaluit-Tasiluk) Hon. Keith Peterson Isaac Shooyook Minister of Health; Minister (Cambridge Bay) (Quttiktuq) Minister of Finance, Chair of the Financial responsible for Suicide Prevention Hon. Peter Taptuna Management Board; Minister of Justice; Minister responsible for Labour; Minister (Kugluktuk) David Joanasie Premier; Minister of Executive and (South Baffin) responsible for the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission Intergovernmental Affairs; Minister Pauloosie Keyootak responsible for Aboriginal Affairs; (Uqqummiut) Emiliano Qirngnuq Minister responsible for Immigration (Netsilik) Officers Clerk John Quirke Clerk Assistant Law Clerk Sergeant-at-Arms Hansard Production 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 .......................................................................................................................... 3296 Ministers’ Statements ................................................................................................................ 3296 Members’ Statements ................................................................................................................ 3299 Oral Questions ........................................................................................................................... 3306 Tabling of Documents ............................................................................................................... 3321 First Reading of Bills ................................................................................................................ 3321 Second Reading of Bills ............................................................................................................ 3322 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ..................................... 3323 Report of the Committee of the Whole ..................................................................................... 3335 Orders of the Day ...................................................................................................................... 3335 A. Daily References Friday, February 24, 2017 ......................................................................................................... 3296 B. Ministers’ Statements 238 – 4(3): Fur Freight Subsidy Pilot Project (Savikataaq) ...................................................... 3296 239 – 4(3): Update on Tourism Development (Ell-Kanayuk) ................................................... 3296 240 – 4(3): Partnership with the Legislative Assembly on Simultaneous Interpreting Experiences (Quassa) ................................................................................................................................ 3297 241 – 4(3): Qilaut, Nunavut’s Inuktut Songwriting Contest Winners (Kuksuk) ....................... 3298 242 – 4(3): Pan-Canadian Climate Change Framework (Taptuna) ........................................... 3298 C. Members’ Statements 449 – 4(3): Chesterfield Inlet Qajaq Program (Sammurtok, T)................................................. 3299 450 – 4(3): Mamaqtuq Nanook Cooking Club (Angnakak) ...................................................... 3300 451 – 4(3): Baker Lake Long-term Service Awards (Mikkungwak) ........................................ 3300 452 – 4(3): Marine Infrastructure (Qirngnuq) ........................................................................... 3301 453 – 4(3): Recognition of Firefighter Pauloosie Qaumagiaq (Joanasie) ................................. 3302 454 – 4(3): The Nunavut Agreement Not Being Implemented (Keyootak) .............................. 3302 455 – 4(3): Celebrating Black History Month (Okalik) ............................................................ 3304 456 – 4(3): Snowmobile Shipped to Wrong Community (Mike) .............................................. 3304 457 – 4(3): Ordering Vehicle Parts from Ontario (Kuksuk) ..................................................... 3305 D. Oral Questions 602 – 4(3): Construction and Purchase of New Public and Staff Housing Units (Sammurtok, A) ............................................................................................................................................ 3306 603 – 4(3): Staff Housing for Nurses (Shooyook) .................................................................... 3308 604 – 4(3): Language Services at Qikiqtani General Hospital (Angnakak) .............................. 3310 605 – 4(3): Marine Infrastructure (Qirngnuq) ........................................................................... 3313 606 – 4(3): Staff Housing for Health Care Professionals (Akoak) ............................................ 3314 607 – 4(3): Status of New Housing Construction in Sanikiluaq (Rumbolt) .............................. 3316 608 – 4(3): Kimmirut Airport (Joanasie) ................................................................................... 3317 609 – 4(3): Bullying in Nunavut Schools (Mikkungwak) ......................................................... 3318 E. Tabling of Documents 259 – 4(3): Clyde River Integrated Community Infrastructure Sustainability Plans (Keyootak) ............................................................................................................................................ 3321 F. Bills Bill 32 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 5, 2015-2016 – First Reading ....... 3322 Bill 33 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2016-2017 – First Reading ....................................................................................................................... 3322 Bill 35 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2017-2018 – First Reading ....... 3322 Bill 32 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 5, 2015-2016 – Second Reading .. 3322 Bill 33 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 3, 2016-2017 – Second Reading .................................................................................................................. 3323 Bill 35 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2017-2018 – Second Reading .. 3323 Bill 34 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2017-2018 – Health – Consideration in Committee ........................................................................................................................... 3324 Friday, February 24, 2017 Nunavut Hansard 3296 Iqaluit, Nunavut cost of shipping raw wolf pelts to buyers Friday, February 24, 2017 outside of Nunavut. Members Present: Mr. Tony Akoak, Ms. Pat Angnakak, This project will allow hunters across Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Mr. Joe Nunavut to ship undried wolf pelts to Enook, Hon. George Hickes, Mr. David buyers such as taxidermists and fur Joanasie, Mr. Pauloosie Keyootak, Hon. dressers in the south. Further, this pilot George Kuksuk, Mr. Steve Mapsalak, project will help us to determine if and Hon. Johnny Mike, Mr. Simeon how the program will be implemented Mikkungwak, Mr. Paul Okalik, Hon. more broadly. This pilot project will run Keith Peterson, Mr. Emiliano Qirngnuq, until March 31, 2018. Hon. Paul Quassa, Hon. George Qulaut, Mr. Allan Rumbolt, Mr. Alexander By introducing the freight subsidy Sammurtok, Mr. Tom Sammurtok, Hon. program, we hope to encourage and Joe Savikataaq, Mr. Isaac Shooyook, support sustainable development in the Hon. Peter Taptuna. territory and give Nunavut harvesters an opportunity to achieve a steady income >> House commenced at 8:59 through hunting and trapping. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Item 1: Opening Prayer >>Applause Speaker (Hon. George Qulaut) (interpretation): Mr. Tom Sammurtok, Speaker (interpretation): Thank you. can you say the opening prayer, please. Ministers’ Statements. Minister of Environment and Transportation, Ms. >>Prayer Monica Ell-Kanayuk. Speaker (interpretation): Good morning, Minister’s Statement 239 – 4(3): my