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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk.

James Arvaluk Aivilik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education. Traditionally the education system of the Inuit has been very aggressive and very thorough to ensure that the young adults become knowledgeable of the environment, the climate, the marine mammals, the land mammals, and everything else that survival requires when you become an adult; and not only survival but livelihood, happiness and security. Otherwise I think we would have all perished. My question to the Minister is, in his report to the Member for Keewatin Central, would he include how aggressively the Department of Education is also pursuing that type of principle?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Education, Mr. Allooloo.

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Member knows, we use the Alberta system in our schools. Also, I believe we exceed the Alberta standard by adding to the design of the curriculum that is used by Albertans. We include northern studies that the students have to take, starting in grade 10 and up to grade 12, in order to pass their grade 12.

At this moment we are using testing of other provinces to determine how ready these students might be when they get out of the school system after completing grade 12. We also offer college through our college system in the NWT; as well, if they want to attend universities in other parts of the country, they can request assistance from our department to go into those institutions.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Mr. Arvaluk, supplementary.

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James Arvaluk Aivilik

My question is not what curriculum is being used in the school system, whether in the high school or Arctic College. My question is the philosophy of the Education department in regard to the survival of the society with dignity and pride. The survival with dignity and pride means that you have become a success independent from assistance required from the government or any other means. Can he include that philosophy of education, and how they could make it successful, in the report asked for by the Member for Keewatin Central?

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Member knows it is only within the last few years that the communities have been getting involved in the educational system; I mean the aboriginal people in the communities as well as other people who are living in the communities. They can get involved through education authorities, through divisional boards of education in the regions. That has been happening only within the last two years. What we have here in the NWT is a system borrowed from the southern system that southern Canada uses.

I hope to see that sort of development taking place while we include the community members who know their principles in terms of life and what sort of things we should get our kids ready for after completing grade 12. So far the communities that I know of in the whole NWT have not been developing curriculums; they have not got that far.

Also, I would like to give the Member assurance that we will try to pursue in that light, once we take control of the educational system at the community and regional level. At this moment the department has no measure of how ready these students are after they graduate from the school system. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Supplementary, Mr. Arvaluk.

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James Arvaluk Aivilik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. A few years back the government introduced a $10 per day fine for a child not attending school who was under the age of 16. Looking through the books of CEC, otherwise known as the community education council, I have never seen a receipt that indicates a $10 fine to the parent whose child is not attending.

How can you introduce anything like that? There are two ways you can do it. One is campaigning very aggressively for the children to succeed. The other one is, that you can use the form of punishment which has been introduced in legislation, to have a fine of $10 per day for a student who is not attending. I have never seen anything like that yet. Will the department, when reporting to the Member for Keewatin Central, include how aggressively they are pursuing that?

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a department, we have not been pursuing this aggressively, I agree. What we try to do is to get the CEC, community education council, in each community -- if they want us to

pursue that particular area we can, otherwise we will not pursue it until we are asked by the community. Thank you.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Oral questions. Mr. Gargan.

Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the first week of February in Fort Providence we had a very beautiful day and the snow -- I thought the snow was melting but we had a bit of rain. Mr. Speaker, the Department of Transportation decided to put sodium chloride on the access road to the community, and this made a mess of our vehicles. I was getting calls from my constituents inquiring as to why they were doing that. Mr. Speaker, up to that time people were driving at the normal speed and there did not seem to be anything hazardous about the situation before or after. I would like to ask the Minister; why would the department spend, on my access road into Fort Providence, $218,000 on the chemicals that they used for the access road since nobody was complaining about the road? There was no accident to indicate that there was a problem with the road. What was the justification for the department's putting this stuff on the road?

The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Minister of Transportation, Mr. Allooloo.

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not know of the situation that the Member is referring to. I was not briefed on the Fort Providence access road. What I can only guess is that the department did that for safety reasons. I can assure the Member that next time we do the project we will consult with the community.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The research that was done is that salt surfacing is done wherever needed. The concept of application is the right amount of chemical is in the right place at the right time. I do not know what that means, but for me it looks like it is in the wrong place at the wrong time. If there was an accident I would understand that, but nobody in my constituency complained about the access road until they applied this sodium chloride or else calcium chloride. I would like to know if it was a nice day so they decided to apply it. Is that the philosophy behind it?

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We will consult with the community next time my department feels it needs to be done.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho

I appreciate the Minister will be consulting my community if they decide to do it on another nice day, but my concern is, is it necessary? If there is no dangerous situation, then I do not think it should be applied. I appreciate his saying he will consult the community, but can he go beyond that and see whether or not there is a need to do that?

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

Mr. Allooloo.

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Titus Allooloo Amittuq

Mr. Speaker, I will have to take the question under advisement.

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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne

The question is taken as notice. Mr. Antoine.