Thank you. Minister of Safety and Public Services, Mr. Nerysoo.
Debates of Nov. 7th, 1994
This is page numbers 773 - 824 of the Hansard for the 12th Assembly, 6th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was development.
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Supplementary To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Further Return To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would have to get the specific information from the honourable Member to get an indication of how long it would normally take. The time varies, there is no specific date. It is all a matter of the application and the determination of the requirements for electrical hook-up. It varies.
Further Return To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Supplementary, Mr. Ng.
Supplementary To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Kelvin Ng Kitikmeot
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The reason I brought this up, Madam Speaker, is because there are contractors raising concerns about the length of time they say it takes for their applications to be processed in Yellowknife. I would like to ask the Minister, is the Kitikmeot the only region that has their electrical permits processed through the Yellowknife office? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Safety and Public Services, Mr. Nerysoo.
Further Return To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta
No, Madam Speaker, there are circumstances where other communities in other regions have their permits issued out of Yellowknife. The concern about electrical contractors has been raised in the House on a number of occasions.
Further Return To Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Question 366-12(6): Process For Electrical Permits
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Whitford.
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I have a question I would like to direct to the Minister of Renewable Resources. Madam Speaker, the question is somewhat controversial, but I will ask it anyway. The Minister and I have spoken about this before and the Minister is aware that there is a market for exotic animal parts. The Minister is also aware that there have been quite a number of bears that have been killed -- legally, that is -- in the Northwest Territories during the past year. I think there were 13 in the Fort Smith area and around Yellowknife. There have been quite a number of bears killed because they were in dangerous situations. They were killed by game wardens, all legally. And, hunters and trappers do go out and hunt and kill bears.
There is a market that exists for exotic animal parts, "exotic" meaning not an endangered species, but an exotic part of the animal, gallbladders and other special parts. I would like to ask the Minister whether or not his department has taken a look at this particular problem and has looked at the legal gathering of animal parts. Have they taken a look at this to see whether or not hunters and trappers can benefit from a renewable resource?
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.
Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I believe the Department of Renewable Resources has looked at a number of ways which might be beneficial for hunters and trappers in the various communities in the Northwest Territories. But, Madam Speaker, I also believe departmental staff and officials are aware that bears, as an animal, may have some other significance to the aboriginal people in the
Northwest Territories. The department has been very sensitive to that and any time bears are discussed, they have been sensitive to concerns that may be raised by aboriginal people.
Now, as far as the sale and demand by other countries for parts of animals, that is something the hunters and trappers should be able to decide. We do not, as a department or government, have legislation that would restrict them from doing so. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.
Supplementary To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you. I would like to ask the Minister whether or not his department has looked at the non-aboriginal hunter. There are sports hunters who take bears legally, they have a permit to do so and they take polar bears, black bears and grizzly bears. There is also the desire to utilize fully an animal, and this has always been a traditional thing among the aboriginal people. Is that a factor in it as well, Madam Speaker, whether or not the department has looked at others than just the hunters and trappers; the sports hunters who take bears legally? Would the department look at that?
Supplementary To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I know that the department looks very often to the various hunters and trappers in the communities. I believe the department is a very community-oriented department, and any consideration that may be made for making use of animals for government or departmental purposes would require extensive consultation, I believe, with aboriginal people as well as with those people who are in the commercial industry. That shouldn't stop the department from looking at various ways in which we can benefit, but I believe that it would require extensive consultation, especially with aboriginal people who have some religious or significant relevance to the bear. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Whitford.
Supplementary To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if he is aware, or does the Minister know or his department know what happens to those particular parts of animals that we're discussing? For example the usuk of a walrus, what happens to these things as far as the aboriginal people are concerned?
Supplementary To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Madam Speaker. The only requirement of a hunter when they catch a polar bear is that they take the hide. That is the only area which the department ensures the hunter does. If the hunter is willing to make a profit on other parts of the animal, we do not, as a department, encourage that, nor as a government do we encourage that, but it is up to the hunter to be able to benefit from other parts of the animal. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Final supplementary, Mr. Whitford.
Supplementary To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Tony Whitford Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, if a hunter goes out and kills a bear legally, has a licence to do it, is there a law that says he cannot sell the gallbladder?
Supplementary To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik
Thank you, Madam Speaker. No.
Further Return To Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Question 367-12(6): Marketing Of Exotic Animal Parts
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Gargan.
Question 368-12(6): Companies Refusing To Pay Payroll Tax
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 6th, 1994
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you. I'll direct my question to the Minister of Finance. I would like to ask the Minister of Finance if there are any other companies in the north that have refused to pay the payroll tax.
Question 368-12(6): Companies Refusing To Pay Payroll Tax
Item 6: Oral Questions
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The Speaker Jeannie Marie-Jewell
Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.