Thank you. Legal aid. Total O and M, $4,619 million. Agreed?
Debates of March 2nd, 1993
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Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair John Ningark
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Lawyer Support Services
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Lawyer support services. Total O and M, $1.992 million. Agreed?
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Registries And Court Services
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. On page 06-14. Mr. Dent.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake
Mr. Chairman, I would like to declare a conflict of interest and withdraw from the House while the activity registries and court services is being considered as I own shares in CJCD which has, in the past, entered into advertising contracts with the sheriff. Accordingly, there is potential for my business to benefit in future from funds appropriated under this activity, and I am declaring a conflict and withdrawing.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you, Mr. Dent. Do Members agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Registries and court services. Total O and M, $7.845 million. Mr. Gargan.
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just want to find out what is happening with regard to the legal interpreters and whether those people also travel with the court party as do court workers? When there is a requirement for legal interpreters in any of the courts in process, is that when those people are there or do they actually travel with the court party?
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, the legal interpreters sometimes travel with the court parties. In some places, where we have locally trained legal interpreters, they are residing in the communities so there are the two different situations which currently exists.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Registries and court services. Total O and M, $7.845 million. Mr. Gargan.
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you. With regard to the legal interpreters, can you tell me whether we currently have legal interpreters within the Department of Justice or with the Department of Culture and Communications?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, there is one on staff in Iqaluit and we are negotiating with the federal government to see if we can make one available in this part of the territory to work on the terminology for Dene languages with the courts. In the communities themselves, we do not have any on staff with the government. What we have is people who have expressed an interest. We have trained over 100 people so far in the communities across the territories who provide their service as needed for the court parties.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Gargan.
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Mr. Chairman, we have 100 legally trained interpreters throughout the communities. They are not on salary but they are available. When they are needed, are they called upon to provide that service?
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, I should clarify that there are about 111 people across the territories who have started the training to become legal interpreters. There are about four different modules they have to complete. To date there have been 36 who have successfully completed the four modules. I did not state that accurately in the beginning. There are not already 110 people trained. There are 36 who have completed the program and the rest of the people are in different stages of the training program.
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Registries and court services. Total O and M, $7.845 million. Agreed?
Committee Motion 77-12(3): To Adopt Recommendation 14
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Koe.
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Fred Koe Inuvik
I cannot agree on this, Mr. Chairman, until we have a fully constituted quorum so I move we report progress.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. There is a motion on the floor to report progress and the motion is not debatable. Would you ring the bell, please?
We now have a quorum. There is a motion on the floor to report progress and it is not debatable. All those in favour of the motion? All those opposed? Thank you. The motion is carried.
---Carried
I will rise and report progress.