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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Final supplementary, Mr. Koe.

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Fred Koe Inuvik

Mahsi. In conjunction with the reorganization, were any notices of lay-offs or changes to staff given at yesterday's meeting?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Acting Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

There were no lay-off notices issued yesterday, Madam Speaker. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Baffin South, Mr. Pudlat.

Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South

(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of the Housing Corporation. During our meeting here, I tabled a document regarding social housing rent increases. Up until today, Madam Speaker, my constituents are still not aware of what kind of increases the corporation will be proposing. A lot of my constituents have raised concerns regarding this issue. We all know we are in severe shortage of funding for social housing. How will the people who are living in social housing be affected? How much of an increase will this be? Thank you.

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

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Don Morin Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Madam Speaker. The document that the Member refers to is a petition from his community. It is to deal with the reinstatement of social housing funding. It has nothing to do with the rent scale.

As far as the rent scale goes, hopefully on Monday I will have that document to Cabinet and I can table it in this House then. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Pudlat.

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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South

(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. The Minister didn't answer my question. I will try to rephrase it. The last time I tabled a document, the Minister stated that it was staff housing. However, I have another concern regarding staff housing for those people who are government employees. I would like to ask the Minister how much turnover has there been with regard to the shortage of funding for housing?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. That is a question that initially started with social housing, then it changed to staff housing. I believe it is the Minister of Personnel who is responsible for staff housing. Minister for the Housing Corporation, do you want to reply to that? Mr. Pudlat, maybe we can ask you to clarify your question. Thank you.

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Kenoayoak Pudlat Baffin South

(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. I was referring to government employee housing when I first asked my question. I raised this issue during our last session in February or March. I apologize for not being clear in my question. I will rephrase this question to the Minister of Personnel. When government staff has housing in the communities such as teachers, how many people have left communities due to a lack of government subsidized housing in the communities? Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Minister of Personnel, Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

(Translation) Thank you, Madam Speaker. To answer the Member for Baffin South, first of all, staff within the Government of the Northwest Territories staff housing were proposing to buy the houses, when the government stated they would be selling houses in the communities for whoever would like to buy them. I have not noticed any staff turnovers when we made changes to the staff housing policy in our department; however, I can get that to the Member and indicate to him how many quit their jobs. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Members I would like to interrupt our regular orders of the day, recognizing the clock. It is near 11:00 am, and since we won't be in session tomorrow, according to our rules, I would respectfully request all Members to rise for a minute of silence to show our gratitude and respect for all the people who fought for the freedom of Canadians.

---Minute of Silence

Thank you. Lest we forget. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife North, Mr. Ballantyne.

Question 412-12(6): Establishment Of Environmental Review Panel
Item 6: Oral Questions

November 9th, 1994

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is to the acting Premier. Madam Speaker, the territorial government, environmental groups, aboriginal organizations and the proponent BHP have all agreed that there should be an environmental review process. I don't think, Madam Speaker, we can expect mining companies to continue to invest tens of millions of dollars in the Northwest Territories when they face unnecessary delays, for no obvious reasons, in the regulatory process. My question to the Minister is, what is causing the delay in the set up of the environmental review panel?

The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Acting Premier, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, the responsibility for the appointment of these people rests with the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Sheila Copps. She is currently in the process of making decisions on the membership. I would suggest that one of the problems is that there is a side panel that is going to be part of this process that is going to address the cumulative effects in the North Slave region of the impact of these particular mines, and that is taking some time to work out.

The Minister of the Environment, the Deputy Prime Minister, is consulting with the DIAND Minister in this regard and that, I think, is what is holding it up. I think they know of the concern we have. We want this to begin as soon as possible. We have put our recommendations in and I eagerly await the decision of the Deputy Prime Minister. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ballantyne.

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Madam Speaker and I thank the Minister for the response. It seems to me it is another example, Madam Speaker, of decisions being made in Ottawa that could profoundly affect the Northwest Territories and the potential of bureaucratic battles between too many government departments. My question to the Minister, Madam Speaker, is, how much input have we had in the process of setting up an environmental review process?

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Acting Premier, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Madam Speaker, last summer, we made recommendations to the federal government. We encouraged the Minister to establish the panel as soon as possible and get the process under way. Sometime, either in the last few days, certainly in the last week, Madam Premier raised the issue with the Prime Minister during their trip to China. So, we are trying to encourage the federal government to act with haste and begin this process. Thank you.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ballantyne.

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you. Again to the Minister, Madam Speaker. It seems to me, again, that decisions are being made far away which have a profound impact on us. With negotiations for the mineral accord and northern accord, discussions that the Department of Renewable Resources is having with the Department of Fisheries, and I'm sure there are discussions with the Department of the Environment, is there a chance that, at some point, the people in the Northwest Territories will be able to set up their own regulatory process and control their own destiny? Thank you, Madam Speaker.

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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell

Thank you. Acting Premier, Mr. Pollard.