Yes, Mr. Speaker. As many of the Members of this Legislative Assembly realize, since the Official Languages Act was passed, the government has proceeded to do a number of things within that commitment we made at that time. What we have done now, in order to consolidate, to try and find out where we are, and at what stage we are going to take the official languages, as well as the traditional knowledge, we have reorganized the responsibility under the Government Leader's Office, because it is an overseeing of languages to all departments. The Department of Public Works would be the client department that would be putting up signs which is directed or required from different departments. As well, we formed the Working Group on Official Languages and Traditional Knowledge in the Government Leader's office, mainly to reassess what we have done to this date, and where we are going from here. So, this will put out a major focal point on answering many of the questions that a Member would have on where we are, and where we are going. Thank you.
Debates of Sept. 14th, 1992
Topics
Further Return To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Further Return To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.
Supplementary To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Government Leader inform this House the progress of this report, the report of the Task Force on Aboriginal Languages? It does give a timetable and the implementation for the next ten years. It has been five years, over five years now, and within that five year time frame there are a number of initiatives that should have been done. I would like to ask the Government Leader if she could inform this House on the progress of the implementation of the recommendations?
Supplementary To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Madam Premier.
Further Return To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Speaker, I have two pages of the actions that have been taken by the department, spread across the government, and where we have been. Exactly where they fit into the timetable I am not quite clear, but I realize that there are some areas of the Official Languages Report that we have not met those timetables. Rather than going over these two sheets of paper and listing them, I would be pleased to present them to the honourable Member.
Further Return To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Item 5, Oral Questions. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.
Supplementary To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Mr. Speaker, the implementation of this report was recommended by this Assembly. It was not my report, I am not responsible for it, I was just part of the process. I would like to ask the Minister whether or not she would provide those two sheets to all the Members? I believe that a lot of the Members were here when the implementation process began.
Supplementary To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Madam Premier.
Further Return To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Speaker, I will have that circulated. Thank you.
Further Return To Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Question O758-12(2): Implementation Of Recommendations Of Task Force On Aboriginal Languages Report
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Item 5, Oral Questions. Ms. Mike.
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
September 13th, 1992
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Qujannamiik. My question will be for the Minister of Renewable Resources. He will know that the environmental restoration of D.E.W. Line sites has been controversial for our government going back as far as the 10th Assembly, when our current Government Leader held the Renewable Resources portfolio.
In fact, it was back in March 15, 1985 that this Minister stressed the fact, that it was because of her prompting that the federal agencies were starting to take the issue of D.E.W. Line clean up requirements seriously.
I understand that the federal Department of National Defence targeted five abandoned D.E.W. Line sites which were to be assessed for cleanup requirements. These initial assessments were to be carried out during the summer of 1992. Can the Minister assure the House that he has continued to insist on the same level of Government of Northwest Territories input into D.E.W. Line clean up decisions, as was established by the Honourable Nellie Cournoyea over seven years ago?
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Allooloo.
Return To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Welcome back, Mr. Speaker. First of all I would like to say that I took the newly appointed Minister of the Environment, Jean Charest, to Iqaluit about two years ago, to introduce him to one of the sites that were contaminated by the military. Also, this summer he extensively visited sites throughout the Baffin and Central Arctic. I had a chance to talk to him on the need to clean up the North and these sites.
Mr. Speaker, later on this week I will be happy to give a report on what the government has done in terms of cleaning up sites, and also their plans to pursue sites that need to be cleaned up. Thank you.
Return To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Supplementary, Ms. Mike.
Supplementary To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
Supplementary, Mr. Speaker. In that case, can the Minister explain to the House, and to the people of Baffin Island and the Keewatin, why not one of the abandoned sites targeted by D.I.A.N.D. for initial assessment was located east of King William Island?
Supplementary To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Allooloo.
Further Return To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
Mr. Speaker, what was the question? I was not clear on the question.
Further Return To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Ms. Mike, would you care to repose the question?
Supplementary To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central
(Translation) Can the Minister tell the people of Baffin and the Keewatin, regarding the D.E.W. Line sites left behind by D.I.A.N.D., when they would clean up the site east of King William Island?
Supplementary To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Allooloo.
Further Return To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
Mr. Speaker, I will have to take the question as notice.
Further Return To Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Question O759-12(2): Clean Up Of Abandoned D.e.w. Line Sites
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Question has been taken as notice. Item 5, Oral Questions. Mr. Bernhardt.
Question O760-12(2): Statistical Information Compiled By The Department Of Education
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Ernie Bernhardt Kitikmeot
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister responsible for Education. As I mentioned earlier, I have been attempting to carry out some research into graduation patterns across the Northwest Territories. The department has been able to supply a listing of the total number of graduates from communities across the Northwest Territories, and I will table that later this afternoon.
However, I was amazed when someone told me that the department is unable to provide a breakdown, as to which of these students received an advanced diploma, and which received general diplomas. I was also surprised that neither the department, nor Akaitcho Hall, were able to supply the number of students from each community who were presently attending high school here in Yellowknife.
Mr. Speaker, I feel that this is fairly important information for the school system to be keeping. My question is, can the Minister indicate whether my understanding is correct? Is their record keeping so inadequate in the Department of Education, that even the most simple statistical breakdown is not available? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question O760-12(2): Statistical Information Compiled By The Department Of Education
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Minister.
Return To Question O760-12(2): Statistical Information Compiled By The Department Of Education
Question O760-12(2): Statistical Information Compiled By The Department Of Education
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James Arvaluk Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have a very thorough recording system of graduates, what they are graduating from, from what community, and from what grade, etc. These are all readily available from my department, if the Member wishes to examine them. Otherwise, I could supply those if he wants me to do so.