Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 3rd Session 4th Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 19 Monday, February 29, 2016 Pages 904 – 962 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 of Government House Leader; Whole Languages; Minister of Family Services; Minister Minister of Education; Minister responsible for Homelessness 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 Environment; Minister responsible for (Rankin Inlet South) Transportation; Minister of the Utility Rates Review Council Energy; Minister responsible for Tom Sammurtok the Status of Women Simeon Mikkungwak (Rankin Inlet North- (Baker Lake) Chesterfield Inlet) Joe Enook Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Tununiq) Hon. Joe Savikataaq Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Hon. Paul Okalik (Arviat South) Committee of the Whole (Iqaluit-Sinaa) Minister of Community and Minister of Health; Minister of Justice; Minister Government Services Hon. George Hickes responsible for Labour; Minister responsible for (Iqaluit-Tasiluk) Immigration; Minister responsible for Suicide Isaac Shooyook Minister responsible for the Prevention (Quttiktuq) Nunavut Housing Corporation; Hon. Keith Peterson Hon. Peter Taptuna Minister responsible for the Qulliq (Kugluktuk) Energy Corporation (Cambridge Bay) Minister of Finance, Chair of the Financial Premier; Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs; David Joanasie Management Board; Minister responsible for the Minister responsible for (South Baffin) Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission Aboriginal Affairs 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 ............................................................................................................................ 904 Ministers’ Statements .................................................................................................................. 904 Members’ Statements .................................................................................................................. 908 Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery ......................................................................................... 914 Oral Questions ............................................................................................................................. 914 Reports of Standing and Special Committees on Bills and Other Matters* ................................ 931 Tabling of Documents ................................................................................................................. 932 Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills ............................................................................. 933 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ....................................... 933 Report of the Committee of the Whole ....................................................................................... 961 Orders of the Day ........................................................................................................................ 961 A. Daily References Monday, February 29, 2016 ........................................................................................................ 904 B. Ministers’ Statements 064 – 4(3): Minister Absent from the House (Quassa) ............................................................... 904 065 – 4(3): March 2016 First Ministers’ Meeting of Canada’s Premiers (Taptuna) ................... 904 066 – 4(3): Team Nunavut Headed to Arctic Winter Games 2016 (Savikataaq) ........................ 905 067 – 4(3): Restorative Justice Training (Okalik) ....................................................................... 906 068 – 4(3): Sivuliqtiksat Internship Graduates (Taptuna) ........................................................... 906 069 – 4(3): Tell Me a Story Book Bags (Quassa) ....................................................................... 907 C. Members’ Statements 142 – 4(3): House Fire in Arctic Bay (Shooyook) ...................................................................... 908 143 – 4(3): Congratulations to Laura Arngna’naaq (Mikkungwak) ............................................ 908 144 – 4(3): Rankin Inlet Hockey Tournament (Sammurtok, A) ................................................. 909 145 – 4(3): Tribute to the Late Paul Kanayok Sr. (Sammurtok, T) ............................................. 910 146 – 4(3): Igloolik Neighbourhood Watch (Quassa) ................................................................. 910 147 – 4(3): Black History Month in Iqaluit (Okalik) .................................................................. 911 148 – 4(3): Constituents Attend Volleyball Tournament (Keyootak) ......................................... 911 149 – 4(3): Constituency Meeting in Kugluktuk (Taptuna) ........................................................ 912 150 – 4(3): Kugaaruk and Taloyoak Housing Authorities (Qirngnuq) ....................................... 912 151 – 4(3): Funding Announcement for Cape Dorset (Joanasie) ................................................ 913 D. Oral Questions 178 – 4(3): High Arctic Transportation Strategy (Shooyook) ..................................................... 914 179 – 4(3): Design of Housing Units (Rumbolt) ......................................................................... 916 180 – 4(3): Response to the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Joanasie) .............................................................................................................................. 918 181 – 4(3): Long-term Care Needs for Elders (Sammurtok, A) .................................................. 919 182 – 4(3): High Costs of Pharmacy Products (Angnakak) ........................................................ 921 183 – 4(3): Appointment Process for Senior Officials (Sammurtok, T) ..................................... 922 184 – 4(3): Airport Infrastructure (Qirngnuq) ............................................................................. 923 185 – 4(3): Appointments to Coral Harbour Housing Authority (Mapsalak) ............................. 924 186 – 4(3): Country Food Distribution and Food Security in Nunavut (Akoak) ........................ 925 187 – 4(3): Infrastructure Funding Announcement (Rumbolt) ................................................... 927 188 – 4(3): Canada Transportation Act Review Report (Mikkungwak) ..................................... 928 189 – 4(3): Response to the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Joanasie) .............................................................................................................................. 929 E. Reports of Standing and Special Committees on Bills and Other Matters Committee Report 010 – 4(3): Report on the Review of the 2013-2014 Annual Report of the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut and the 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 Annual Reports of the Inuit Uqausinginnik Taiguusiliuqtiit (Angnakak) ......................................... 931 F. Tabling of Documents 079 – 4(3): Excerpts from the Canada Transportation Act Review Report (Mikkungwak)........ 932 080 – 4(3): Support Letter for a 24-Hour Palliative Care Facility and Elders Facility (Sammurtok, A) .......................................................................................................................................... 933 G. Bills Bill 15 – An Act to Amend the Land Titles Act – Notice ........................................................... 933 Bill 13 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2016-2017 – Health – Consideration in Committee ............................................................................................................................. 934 Bill 13 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2016-2017 – Community and Government Services – Consideration in Committee ........................................................... 944 Monday, February 29, 2016 Nunavut Hansard 904 Iqaluit, Nunavut Minister’s Statement 064 – 4(3): Monday, February 29, 2016 Minister Absent from the House Members Present: (Quassa) Mr. Tony Akoak, Ms. Pat Angnakak, Hon. Paul Quassa (interpretation): Hon. Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Mr. Joe Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (interpretation Enook, Hon. George Hickes, Mr. David ends) I wish to advise members that the Joanasie, Mr. Pauloosie Keyootak, Mr. Hon. George Kuksuk will be absent Steve Mapsalak, Hon. Johnny Mike, Mr. from the House for the rest of the sitting Simeon Mikkungwak, Hon. Paul Okalik, due to medical reasons. (interpretation) Hon. Keith Peterson, Mr. Emiliano Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Qirngnuq, Hon. Paul Quassa, Hon. George Qulaut, Mr. Allan Rumbolt, Mr. Speaker (interpretation): Thank you.