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Supplementary To Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Fred Koe Inuvik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can I get the Minister's commitment that he will support and proceed with the ratification of a claim as soon as possible?

Supplementary To Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Kakfwi.

Further Return To Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Yes. I think all of us on this side have been consistent in saying that we want to conclude the Gwich'in claim as soon as possible and to ratify it. Thank you.

Further Return To Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Question O97-12(1): Ratification Of Gwich'in Claim
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk.

James Arvaluk Aivilik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Transportation. The new government stated that they will be working hard to have the communities become more self-sufficient. That means giving better assistance to the first-time private entrepreneurs. Mr. Speaker, would that also include building a breakwater? The boats are one of the biggest single private investments in the community, especially in Coral Harbour I would ask if the Minister would look into that before break-up this summer.

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

Return To Question O98-12(1): Building Of Breakwaters In Communities
Question O98-12(1): Building Of Breakwaters In Communities
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My department has been working with the communities to develop some sort of protection for boats: wharfs, that sort of thing. It is a new program that my department has taken on, and we will continue to work with the communities to see where we could help. I believe this is one of the more important projects that my department has taken on in the Nunavut region. Thank you.

Return To Question O98-12(1): Building Of Breakwaters In Communities
Question O98-12(1): Building Of Breakwaters In Communities
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Transportation. Along the Highway No. 5 going into Fort Smith, we go through a fair amount of Wood Buffalo National Park. There has been a concern expressed to me by different trappers and senior citizens who may have been trapping along the park for some time, that the Department of Highways has not been clearing the road into their trappers' cabins. It is a policy of Wood Buffalo National Park that they place their cabin at least a quarter of a mile off the main highway. There has been some resistance from the highway transportation office in the community of Fort Smith to clear that right-of-way to the trappers' cabins.

I got the matter cleared up with the department, but since then it has snowed again and again and again. I do not want to have to be in the position of having to keep calling the department every time it snows. Will the Minister consider requesting his department to ensure that the roadways to these trappers' cabins are cleared, just as the highway is cleared on Highway No. 5?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Transportation.

Return To Question O99-12(1): Clearing Roads To Trappers' Cabins
Question O99-12(1): Clearing Roads To Trappers' Cabins
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Yes. I will talk to my department to see what can be done.

Return To Question O99-12(1): Clearing Roads To Trappers' Cabins
Question O99-12(1): Clearing Roads To Trappers' Cabins
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The question is taken as notice. Mr. Koe.

Fred Koe Inuvik

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources. The Minister indicated for the past two days that she would have a status report on Northern Accord negotiations tomorrow. Mr. Speaker, today is the second tomorrow. When will we get a status report on the Northern Accord negotiations?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Ms. Cournoyea.

Return To Question O100-12(1): Northern Accord Negotiations
Question O100-12(1): Northern Accord Negotiations
Item 5: Oral Questions

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Speaker, I can give a status report here. What I wanted the department to do is to check to see what is happening in Ottawa at this point in time, so I held off giving it. The status report on the Northern Accord: We have concluded a package of legislation which we have asked the federal government to take a look at, and we have also concluded all the basic principles of the Northern Accord. The Yukon and the NWT have agreed on the plan of action. There are three outstanding issues today, particularly on a development fund and on the shoreline and what constitutes offshore. This is the reason I have not come forward, because we are trying to get from the federal government and the bureaucracy that handles these negotiations, a narrowing down of those two or three issues.

So we are close to the final agreement between the territorial government and the federal government. It is like anything else in land claims negotiations. We have difficulty in resolving what we are going to consider as offshore and onshore. That is where we are now and what is going to constitute the development fund and the financial arrangements we are going to have in taking over that responsibility.

Return To Question O100-12(1): Northern Accord Negotiations
Question O100-12(1): Northern Accord Negotiations
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Ms. Mike.

Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is supplementary to Mr. Pudlat's question on monthly or block funding to educational divisional boards. Did the Auditor General give any reasons why he would recommend quarterly funding as opposed to block funding?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Pollard.

Return To Question O101-12(1): Funding To Divisional Boards Of Education
Question O101-12(1): Funding To Divisional Boards Of Education
Item 5: Oral Questions

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John Pollard Hay River

I will get the report and table it again in the House.

Return To Question O101-12(1): Funding To Divisional Boards Of Education
Question O101-12(1): Funding To Divisional Boards Of Education
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Gargan.

Question O102-12(1): Policy For Walk-in Freezers
Item 5: Oral Questions

December 12th, 1991

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Renewable Resources. It is with regard to walk-in freezers. There was a policy being developed last year. I understood the policy was going to the Executive for approval. The election was called, and I guess things got lost along the way. Is this policy now in place, or when will it be approved?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Renewable Resources.

Return To Question O102-12(1): Policy For Walk-in Freezers
Question O102-12(1): Policy For Walk-in Freezers
Item 5: Oral Questions

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John Ningark Natilikmiot

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I intend to take the policy, which is not in place yet, to the cabinet. I will be doing that in the next while.

Return To Question O102-12(1): Policy For Walk-in Freezers
Question O102-12(1): Policy For Walk-in Freezers
Item 5: Oral Questions

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Transportation. I believe it was about six years ago that the GNWT paved from the junction into Sandy Lake, which is on Highway No. 5, I believe it is the Pine Point/Resolution highway. From the junction into Fort Smith the distance is about 120 miles, and out of that, 30 of it is pavement, from the junction to Sandy Lake, and from Fort Smith to Bell Rock, which is about eight miles. There has not been any paving done since then.

I believe probably Mr. McLaughlin got it done, and I think of him every time I drive on that highway. It is unfortunate that he did not continue getting the whole highway paved. I would like to know if the Minister has any plans to continue with the completion of that pavement from Sandy Lake to Bell Rock.