The first recommendation, on page four of the
report, I move that this committee recommend that the Power Corporation continue to standardize equipment in plants across the Northwest Territories.
Debates of Dec. 9th, 1993
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Committee Motion 81-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 1, Carried
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Committee Motion 81-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 1, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
The motion is in order. To the motion.
Committee Motion 81-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 1, Carried
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An Hon. Member
Question.
Committee Motion 81-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 1, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.
---Carried
Committee Motion 81-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 1, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Koe.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mahsi. Recommendation number two, I move that this committee recommend that the Power Corporation ensure the equipment purchased for plants uses technology appropriate to the needs and expertise of local employees and residents.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Koe. The motion is in order. To the motion. Mr. Gargan.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Just for clarification, Mr. Speaker, I would like to know what exactly this means. If an employee is an engineer II or an engineer I, does the equipment that we order have to be brought down to his level as opposed to using the most modern type of equipment and training those people to reach up to that level instead of... because it's pretty hard to turn back the years but is that what it means, really?
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Koe, would you clarify?
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Today's technology is changing rapidly throughout the Northwest Territories. We found that there was much old and antiquated equipment but in other communities with new plants there is very high-tech, modern equipment. There are some communities in the east which have such high tech equipment and temperature controls in the plants, that even the operators themselves don't know how to control the temperatures in these buildings so they have to get experts from down south or somewhere else. All we're saying is that with the new technology, they either have to train the operators to be able to run them or else bring them to a level that people can understand so they can manage the facilities. I'm not sure which specific communities it was but there were two communities we went to -- Tony, maybe you can help me -- where they had to get the manuals out to set the temperature controls inside. The problem is that all the manuals are in English and the unilingual operators couldn't read the manuals so they had to bring someone in from somewhere else.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Koe. Mr. Whitford, I believe Mr. Koe wants you to extend a little bit from here.
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, we did attend a plant, I believe it was Whale Cove, that had moved its plant from the centre of town to the outside of town. They added quite a lot of very modern equipment, I wouldn't say tele-metering but it was linked so that it could be operated remotely. We heard expressions of concern by the operator that it was very technical, very sophisticated, and that it was very difficult without the ability to read the manuals and learn about it because it was not printed in Inuktitut. I'm not sure whether this is an option that can be arrived at. What we're doing here is making sure that the corporation is aware of those concerns for the betterment of the communities. Thank you.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. To the motion.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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An Hon. Member
Question.
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.
---Carried
Committee Motion 82-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 2, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Koe.
Committee Motion 83-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 3, Carried
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mahsi. Recommendation number three, I move that this committee recommend that the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources substantially revise its energy management initiatives so as to promote better community awareness and involvement.
Committee Motion 83-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 3, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Committee Motion 83-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 3, Carried
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An Hon. Member
Question.
Committee Motion 83-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 3, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried.
---Carried
Committee Motion 83-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 3, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Koe.
Committee Motion 84-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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December 9th, 1993
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Recommendation number four, I move that this committee recommend that the Power Corporation develop a research and development program to explore options and solutions which allow technology to better meet the challenges of the north.
Committee Motion 84-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Committee Motion 84-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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An Hon. Member
Question.
Committee Motion 84-12(4): To Adopt Recommendation 4, Carried
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The Chair John Ningark
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Motion is carried. Boy, I'm tired.
---Carried