Question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Pudlat.
Debates of Feb. 23rd, 1993
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Supplementary To Question 309-12(3): Medical Counselling And Information Services For Women
Question 309-12(3): Medical Counselling And Information Services For Women
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South
(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am going to direct my question to the Minister of Renewable Resources. In 1992, when I was an ordinary Member, I brought an issue up in the House regarding funding provided to Sanikiluaq for environmental assessment projects. Some communities in Nunavut were also given funding to do environmental assessment projects. They will hold public hearings. Could the Minister of Renewable Resources update me as to what has been happening in that area? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Allooloo.
Return To Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be able to table the report regarding the environmental assessment projects. Thank you.
Return To Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Supplementary, Mr. Pudlat.
Supplementary To Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South
(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a supplementary to my question to the Minister of Renewable Resources. Since the environmental committees have been provided by the Department of Renewable Resources, should the Minister be thanked for providing the funding? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Allooloo.
Further Return To Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Titus Allooloo Amittuq
(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Regarding my involvement with Sanikiluaq and the Keewatin committees, when they wanted an environmental assessment panel, I applied for funding from the federal government, funding that would be used by Sanikiluaq and other communities. My department will coordinate any presentations by our government at the environmental assessment hearings in regard to the hydro project in northern Quebec. However, at the hearing, I am not really involved. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Question 310-12(3): Environmental Assessment Projects
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Koe.
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Finance. Can the Minister of Finance advise how much revenue this government will generate in the 1993-94 O and M budget by implementing the new government staff housing strategy?
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Pollard.
Return To Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
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John Pollard Hay River
I think it was somewhere in excess of $5 million. Now, there has been a setback, Mr. Speaker, that would have to be taken off, so I think there is $3 million to be gained. I will check those numbers and confirm them tomorrow. Thank you.
Return To Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Supplementary, Mr. Koe.
Supplementary To Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Can the Minister advise us how much savings of expenditures will result by the government getting out of the staff housing business?
Supplementary To Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Pollard.
Supplementary To Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Speaker, we are not looking at getting out of the staff housing for a savings, per se. There is a great deal more to it than that. There will be savings to us. I cannot give you those numbers. It depends on the number of houses we sell, the areas that we sell those houses in and the price that we get for those houses. Cabinet is approaching selling our houses for a different reason. It is to get an economy and home ownership going in communities, to get people investing in equity which is ownership of physical structure, as opposed to just paying rent out constantly and having nothing to show for it at the end of a period of time. I will go back and see if we have any long-term numbers crunched, Mr. Speaker, and bring them back to the House. I will take the question as notice. Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Question 311-12(3): Revenue Generated By Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Pudluk.
Question 312-12(3): Classification Of Drivers' Licences
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Ludy Pudluk High Arctic
(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This question is directed to the Minister of Transportation. There is a problem that has been ongoing in my community. A driver's licence has to have a picture of the person on the card. The people who have taken the driving test have their own numbers. Once the driver's licence has been sent to Yellowknife and it has been sent back, they always categorize it as class five. I wonder why there is a different classification after it has been returned from Yellowknife. They send it off as a class three and it is returned as a class five.
Question 312-12(3): Classification Of Drivers' Licences
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Todd.
Question 312-12(3): Classification Of Drivers' Licences
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Mr. Speaker, I do not know. I will have to ask the department why. It does not seem to make any sense to me why it is determined in Resolute Bay as a class three, and it comes to Yellowknife as a class five. I would have to check with the department and get back to you. I will take it as notice.
Question 312-12(3): Classification Of Drivers' Licences
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Well done, Mr. Todd. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.
Question 312-12(3): Classification Of Drivers' Licences
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question I would like to direct to the Minister of Health. Mr. Speaker, as the Minister will surely know, on January 27 and 28, I was in Inuvik with the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. At that time, Mr. Speaker, we had a chance to visit the Inuvik hospital and we visited with Ms. MacDonald, the acting CEO for the health board and the senior management team. They provided my colleagues and I with an excellent tour of the facilities, they are quite impressive. I must say that I was a bit dismayed and concerned to learn about the current state of the X-ray equipment in the Inuvik hospital. Mr. Speaker, it is obsolete and it is very old. It is so old you cannot get parts for it. The assessment I get is that it is not only old, but dangerous. The only way the hospital is allowed to use it is to take special precautions for the patients and also for the technicians who use it. I have discussed this matter with my colleague prior to raising the question, but I would like to ask the Minister, recognizing that the radiation protection branch has raised safety concerns about the X-ray machine and has told the hospital that it must be replaced by August of 1993, is the department planning to replace this equipment and, if so, how is the Department of Health going to pay for this major capital item?
Question 312-12(3): Classification Of Drivers' Licences
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
That was two questions, Mr. Whitford. Would you like to ask one question?
Question 313-12(3): Replacement Of X-ray Equipment At Inuvik Hospital
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The first question will be, is the department planning to replace this equipment?
Question 313-12(3): Replacement Of X-ray Equipment At Inuvik Hospital
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Ms. Mike.