Nunavut Canada LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT 2nd Session 5th Assembly HANSARD Official Report DAY 46 Monday, March 11, 2019 Pages 3109 – 3248 Iqaluit Speaker: The Honourable Joe Enook, M.L.A. Legislative Assembly of Nunavut Speaker Hon. Joe Enook (Tununiq) Hon. David Akeeagok Mila Kamingoak Emiliano Qirngnuq (Quttiktuq) (Kugluktuk) (Netsilik) Deputy Premier; Minister of Economic Development and Transportation Pauloosie Keyootak Paul Quassa (Uqqummiut) (Aggu) Tony Akoak (Gjoa Haven) Hon. Lorne Kusugak Allan Rumbolt Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole (Rankin Inlet South) (Hudson Bay) Minister of Community and Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Pat Angnakak Government Services; Minister (Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu) of Human Resources Hon. Joe Savikataaq (Arviat South) Hon. Jeannie Ehaloak Adam Lightstone Premier; Minister of Executive and (Cambridge Bay) (Iqaluit-Manirajak) Intergovernmental Affairs; Minister of Minister of Justice; Minister responsible for Energy; Minister of Environment; Minister Labour; Minister responsible for the Qulliq John Main responsible for Aboriginal Affairs; Energy Corporation (Arviat North-Whale Cove) Minister responsible for Seniors; Minister responsible for the Utility Rates Review Hon. George Hickes Simeon Mikkungwak Council (Iqaluit-Tasiluk) (Baker Lake) Deputy Speaker and Chair of Minister of Finance, Chair of the Financial Hon. Elisapee Sheutiapik Management Board; Minister of Health; the Committee of the Whole (Iqaluit-Sinaa) Minister responsible for Suicide Prevention; Government House Leader; Minister of Minister responsible for the Workers’ Safety Margaret Nakashuk (Pangnirtung) Family Services; Minister responsible for and Compensation Commission Homelessness; Minister responsible for Hon. Patterk Netser Immigration; Minister responsible for the Hon. David Joanasie (Aivilik) Status of Women (South Baffin) Minister responsible for Minister of Culture and Heritage; Minister of Nunavut Arctic College; Cathy Towtongie Education; Minister of Languages Minister responsible for the (Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet) Nunavut Housing Corporation Joelie Kaernerk (Amittuq) Officers Clerk John Quirke Clerk Assistant Law Clerk Sergeant-at-Arms Hansard Production Stephen Innuksuk Michael Chandler Charlie Audlakiak 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 ...........................................................................................................................3109 Ministers’ Statements .................................................................................................................3109 Members’ Statements .................................................................................................................3113 Returns to Oral Questions ..........................................................................................................3120 Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery ........................................................................................3122 Oral Questions ............................................................................................................................3124 Tabling of Documents ................................................................................................................3151 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters ......................................3152 Report of the Committee of the Whole ......................................................................................3246 Third Reading of Bills ................................................................................................................3246 Speaker’s Statement ...................................................................................................................3247 Orders of the Day .......................................................................................................................3248 A. Daily References Monday, March 11, 2019 ...........................................................................................................3109 B. Ministers’ Statements 200 – 5(2): Summer Student Employment Equity Program (Kusugak) .....................................3109 201 – 5(2): Inuugatta Inuktuuqta Conference (Joanasie) ...........................................................3110 202 – 5(2): Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders Program (Savikataaq) ......................................3111 203 – 5(2): Tobacco Reduction Programming in Communities (Hickes) ..................................3111 204 – 5(2): Development in Nunavut’s Mining Industry (Akeeagok) .......................................3112 C. Members’ Statements 305 – 5(2): Problems Associated with Nunavut’s High Birth Rate (Towtongie) .......................3113 306 – 5(2): Igloolik Participants at Terence Tootoo Memorial Hockey Tournament (Quassa) .3114 307 – 5(2): Nunavut’s Poor School Attendance Rates (Main) ...................................................3114 308 – 5(2): Gjoa Haven High School Graduates (Akoak) ..........................................................3115 309 – 5(2): Encouraging Young People Not to Give Up (Kaernerk) .........................................3115 310 – 5(2): Encouraging Supports for Youth (Keyootak) ..........................................................3116 311 – 5(2): Acknowledging Diane Moebis (Hickes) ..................................................................3117 312 – 5(2): Acknowledging Isaac Shooyook of Arctic Bay (Akeeagok) ...................................3117 313 – 5(2): 2019 Terence Tootoo Memorial Hockey Tournament (Kusugak) ..........................3118 314 – 5(2): Appreciation of Grandson (Ehaloak) .......................................................................3119 315 – 5(2): The Grizzlies Movie (Kamingoak) ..........................................................................3119 D. Returns to Oral Questions Return to Oral Question 313 – 5(2): Minimum Wage (Ehaloak) ...............................................3120 Return to Oral Question 392 – 5(2): Alternate and Renewable Energy Projects (Ehaloak) ......3120 Return to Oral Question 393 – 5(2): Alternative and Renewable Energy Projects (Ehaloak) ...3121 Return to Oral Question 394 – 5(2): Vacant Positions in Baker Lake (Ehaloak) .......................3121 E. Oral Questions 422 – 5(2): Uses for the Old Health Centre in Taloyoak (Qirngnuq) .........................................3124 423 – 5(2): Income Taxes (Mikkungwak) ..................................................................................3126 424 – 5(2): Support for Nunavut Sivuniksavut (Nakashuk) .......................................................3127 425 – 5(2): Support for Nunavut Sivuniksavut (Lightstone) ......................................................3129 426 – 5(2): Support for Nunavut Sivuniksavut (Quassa) ...........................................................3131 427 – 5(2): Support for Nunavut Sivuniksavut (Kaernerk) ........................................................3134 428 – 5(2): Increasing Benefits to Elders (Towtongie) ..............................................................3136 429 – 5(2): Gjoa Haven Test Fishery (Akoak) ...........................................................................3137 430 – 5(2): Management of the Tammaativvik Boarding Home (Keyootak) ............................3139 431 – 5(2): Airline Industry Regulation (Angnakak) .................................................................3141 432 – 5(2): School Attendance in Nunavut Schools (Main) ......................................................3143 433 – 5(2): Alcohol and Cannabis Harm Reduction (Kamingoak) ............................................3144 434 – 5(2): Supporting Individuals with Disabilities (Mikkungwak) ........................................3146 435 – 5(2): Converting Taloyoak’s Old Health Centre to a Homeless Shelter (Qirngnuq) .......3147 436 – 5(2): Senior Subsidy/Benefits to Elders (Towtongie) ......................................................3148 437 – 5(2): School Attendance in Nunavut Schools (Lightstone) ..............................................3150 F. Tabling of Documents 142 – 5(2): 2016-2017 Annual Report on Poverty Reduction (Sheutiapik) ...............................3151 143 – 5(2): Arctic Eider Duck Society Submission to the Canada Nature Fund (Rumbolt) ......3151 G. Bills Bill 15 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2019-2020 – Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs – Consideration in Committee ..................................................3152 Bill 15 – Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, 2019-2020 – Legislative Assembly – Consideration in Committee ................................................................................................3213 Bill 16 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 3, 2018-2019 – Consideration in Committee ............................................................................................................................3217 Bill 17 – Supplementary Appropriation (Capital) Act, No. 1, 2019-2020 – Consideration in Committee ............................................................................................................................3222 Bill 18 – Supplementary Appropriation (Operations & Maintenance) Act, No. 1, 2018-2019 – Consideration in Committee ................................................................................................3230