Legislative assembly of nunavut

Nunavut Canada

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NUNAVUT

3rd Session

3rd Assembly

HANSARD

Official Report

DAY 72
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Pages 3964 – 4049

Iqaluit

Speaker: The Honourable Hunter Tootoo, M.L.A.

Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
Speaker

Hon. Hunter Tootoo

(Iqaluit Centre)

Hon. Eva Aariak (Iqaluit East) Premier; Minister of Education; Minister of Executive and Intergovernmental Affairs; Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs; Minister responsible for Immigration Hon. James Arreak (Uqqummiut) Minister of Culture and Heritage; Minister of Environment; Minister of Languages; Minister responsible for the Utility Rates Review Council Moses Aupaluktuq (Baker Lake) Tagak Curley (Rankin Inlet North) Hon. Monica Ell (Iqaluit West) Minister of Human Resources; Minister responsible for Homelessness; Minister responsible for the Qulliq Energy Corporation; Minister responsible for the Status of Women Ron Elliott (Quttiktuq)

Joe Enook (Tununiq) Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Hon. Lorne Kusugak (Rankin Inlet South – Whale Cove) Government House Leader; Minister of Community and Government Services; Minister responsible for the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Commission John Ningark (Akulliq) Johnny Ningeongan (Nanulik) Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole Hezakiah Oshutapik (Pangnirtung) Hon. Keith Peterson (Cambridge Bay) Minister of Finance, Chair of the Financial Management Board; Minister of Health and Social Services

Allan Rumbolt (Hudson Bay) Fred Schell (South Baffin) Hon. Daniel Shewchuk (Arviat) Minister of Justice; Minister responsible for Nunavut Arctic College Louis Tapardjuk (Amittuq) Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole Hon. Peter Taptuna (Kugluktuk) Deputy Premier; Minister of Economic Development and Transportation; Minister of Energy; Minister responsible for the Nunavut Housing Corporation Jeannie Ugyuk (Nattilik)

Officers

Clerk

John Quirke

Deputy Clerk Nancy Tupik

Clerk Assistant Stephen Innuksuk

Law Clerk Michael Chandler

Sergeant-at-Arms Simanek Kilabuk

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Box 1200

Iqaluit, Nunavut, X0A 0H0

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Website: www.assembly.nu.ca

Table of Contents

Item 1: Opening Prayer 124

Item 2: Ministers’ Statements 124

Item 3: Members’ Statements 126

Item 6: Oral Questions 132

Item 8: Returns to Written Questions* 149

Item 10: Petitions 149

Item 13: Tabling of Documents 150

Item 15: Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills 151

Item 17: First Reading of Bills 152

Item 18: Second Reading of Bills 152

Item 19: Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters 153

Item 20: Report of the Committee of the Whole 208

Item 22: Orders of the Day 208

A.

Daily References

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 124

B.

Ministers’ Statements

Minister’s Statement 258 – 3(3): Update, Nunavut Carving Stone Deposit Evaluation Program (Taptuna) 124

Minister’s Statement 259 – 3(3): GN Partnership with Nunavut Tunngavik (Aariak) 125

Minister’s Statement 260 – 3(3): Baffinland Iron Mine Corporation’s Mary River Project Update (Taptuna) 126

C.

Members’ Statements

Member’s Statement 431 – 3(3): Baker Lake Interagency Group (Aupaluktuq) 126

Member’s Statement 432 – 3(3): Incorporation of Inuit Societal Values into Institutional Structures (Tapardjuk) 127

Member’s Statement 433 – 3(3): Support for Small Business (Ningark) 129

Member’s Statement 434 – 3(3): Red Pedersen – Kugluktuk Recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (Taptuna) 130

Member’s Statement 435 – 3(3): Application Process for Social Insurance Numbers (Elliott) 131

Member’s Statement 436 – 3(3): Dr. Leia Cunningham Wins Business on the Rise – 2012 Frozen Globe Awards (Aariak) 132

D.