Thank you, Mr. Speaker. When will this family be able to enjoy decent housing? Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 24th, 1993
Topics
Supplementary To Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Supplementary To Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Morin.
Further Return To Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As soon as the Member and the mayor make land available for a special project then, hopefully, they will be allocated a unit. If they are allocated a unit this year, it will be built by the fall. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Question 333-12(3): Status Of Iqaluit Family Living In Shack
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Pudluk.
Question 334-12(3): Status Of Brc Audit
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Ludy Pudluk High Arctic
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There was a letter sent to Meeka Kilabuk, the executive director of the Baffin regional council on January 26, 1993, regarding the Baffin regional council's deficit. The Government Leader indicated there would be an auditor in Iqaluit to perform an audit of the Baffin regional council's budget. I would like to know how this went?
Question 334-12(3): Status Of Brc Audit
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Ms. Cournoyea.
Question 334-12(3): Status Of Brc Audit
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput
Mr. Speaker, I will take the question as notice. Thank you.
Question 334-12(3): Status Of Brc Audit
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
The question has been taken as notice. Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Koe.
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Fred Koe Inuvik
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism. Yesterday during question period I asked the Minister some questions regarding the Northwest Territories tourism training group. In one of the Minister's responses, and I will quote from the unedited Hansard, "We are sympathetic to the industry because of their loss of revenues but are unable to do anything because of our own financial situation." The Minister also mentioned the figure of $1 million for training. It would be nice if we could get and provide $1 million but the tourism training group, as far as I know, only requested $75,000 to enable them to continue to administer the delivery of tourism training programs throughout the Northwest Territories. What funds are being provided to the Northwest Territories training tourism group to enable them to continue their administrative functions?
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Pollard.
Return To Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Tourism Training Group
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Speaker, I was incorrect yesterday when I mentioned the figure of $1 million. When I checked into it, in fact, the industry is short some $175,000, which is a considerable relief to me, Mr. Speaker. To address the shortfall of the $175,000, a meeting will take place early next week between interested departments, chaired by Economic Development and Tourism, and we are going to see if we can come up with those dollars, $80,000 the first year and $90,000 the second year, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Return To Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Tourism Training Group
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Supplementary, Mr. Koe.
Supplementary To Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Tourism Training Group
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Fred Koe Inuvik
I am glad to hear that. Is the Minister committing his deputy minister to chair this meeting? Who will be chairing the meeting next week?
Supplementary To Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Tourism Training Group
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Pollard.
Further Return To Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Tourism Training Group
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Speaker, the chairman will be the deputy minister of Economic Development and Tourism. He has invited the other departments to sit down with him to discuss the issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Tourism Training Group
Question 335-12(3): Funding Available For Training Tourism Group
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Gargan.
Question 336-12(3): Coast Guard Insurance
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Transportation regarding the return to oral question asked by me on trying to obtain recoveries from the Coast Guard with regard to the Merv Hardie. I have no problem with the kind of working relationship which the Coast Guard has with any kind of marine vessels in Canada. My problem is whether these vessels are insured, whether the Merv Hardie or the Coast Guard Ekaloo are insured to make recovery costs, when they run into these extraordinary operations, out of their normal operating costs.
Question 336-12(3): Coast Guard Insurance
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Todd.
Return To Question 336-12(3): Coast Guard Insurance
Question 336-12(3): Coast Guard Insurance
Item 5: Oral Questions
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John Todd Keewatin Central
It is my understanding that tradition says, if there is an emergency, the closest ship in the immediate vicinity responds. With respect to the recovery of costs, I am not aware of any insurance policy that would reflect that. However, I will inquire with the department and get back to the honourable Member.
Return To Question 336-12(3): Coast Guard Insurance
Question 336-12(3): Coast Guard Insurance
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Item 5, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.
Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to address a question to the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. It follows up on the line of questions that Mr. Ningark asked concerning the beach people in Iqaluit. Mr. Speaker, the article in the Nunatsiaq News stated that there have been many visitors to the Salomonie home over the past year. It says that Dennis Patterson, Mr. Whitford and some Inuit women from Yellowknife were there, as well as the judge. My concern is that the Salomonies are still there. Are there some interim provisions that can be made to move the people from the beach into some kind of better housing than they are in right now? The Minister is aware of the appalling conditions. He stated he was shocked at the conditions when he visited there. Are there some temporary provisions that can be made through his department to take the people off the beach into a house until they get their new accommodations as planned down the road?
Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Item 5: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Mr. Morin.
Return To Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have tried, through the Housing Corporation and with the assistance of the Department of Social Services, to get these people off the beach. There were three families to begin with. This is the last remaining family on the beach in Iqaluit. The other two were able to get private accommodation. There is no private company in Iqaluit willing to rent to this family. We cannot force them to rent to the family. Thank you.
Return To Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
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The Speaker Michael Ballantyne
Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.
Supplementary To Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Question 337-12(3): Temporary Accommodation For Salomonie Family
Item 5: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This question deals more with his department than the private sector. The Minister is responsible for housing, his department has units under its control, but he can say, as a Minister, what unit can be used in this particular instance to accommodate these people. I recognize there is nothing available there that meets the needs but surely, within the Minister's department, there must be an apartment or house somewhere that is better than what the people are living in now. Could the Minister assure us he will check the inventory to see if there is a place that can be used as a temporary habitat rather than what the people are in on the beach?