Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This money is for the hunters and trappers within the proposed territory of Nunavut. It is part of an agreement we made to support the program that was originally proposed and needed support when the Nunavut claim was being finalized. This commitment was made by the previous government. So the Member is correct, this is the second instalment of $3 million. The total is $15 million over five years. There is no other money like this allocated anywhere in the government. The understanding was that at some time down the road, the people of the western part of the territory, other claimant groups will make similar requests and we will be prepared to at least entertain the requests at that time. We should be expecting it fairly soon.
Debates of March 28th, 1994
Topics
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Antoine.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Is there any accountability for the $3 million? That is a lot of money to be giving away. I would like to know if there is any accountability to see if this money has been spent wisely. What is this money used for? Thank you.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, the way that the agreement reads with regard to this is there will be a trust fund set up which will receive the money. The money has to be matched by NTI, the new organization. So every dollar we give is matched. This trust fund will be administered by a board and this board will oversee the administration of this trust. There will be an appropriate program drafted and implemented by this board for the disbursement of this money that comes out of the trust fund. Not counting interest in five years, the sum total of this money will be $30 million that will have been injected. That is not an accurate figure because we don't count in the interest. The administration of this trust by the board and the staff is going to come off of this as well. Thank you.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. That covers a big area. Grants and contributions, $5.636 million.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Information item, fur marketing service revolving fund and details of work performed on behalf of third parties. The total of details of work performed on behalf of third parties, total department, $652,000.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Please go back to the program summary on page 12-09. Mr. Antoine.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Mr. Chairman, before we approve the total O and M, I have something to say about environmental protection. This is with regard to a task underneath environmental protection, which is air quality. I raised the issue of air quality in the House. In this task there is one PY. There is a total O and M of $117,000. I just wanted to ask the Minister if this one person has all the responsibility of planning and coordination of studies to establish regulations, standards and guidelines for air quality and designing and maintaining programs to monitor air quality, so that resource development projects may not affect air quality through the discharge of pollutants. Is there a group of people working on the development of standards and guidelines? It shows only one PY. Is it one person who is supposed to be doing all of the monitoring for all of the big developments coming into the north, such as diamond exploration? Thank you.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Thank you. There is only one person who is assigned specifically to doing work in this area. The Member is correct. There is a total of five staff who are assigned to monitor and review developments with regard to environmental controls on land, water and air. They all work in one section together, but specifically there is one person assigned to air quality monitoring.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Antoine.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
The Minister indicated, when I was questioning him about air quality, that there were standards and guidelines being developed so the air quality is good in the north. Who is developing these standards and guidelines?
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Minister.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
Mr. Chairman, it is the section I just referred to. The draft guidelines have already been developed and have been sent out for public discussion. We have sent it out to a number of groups including industry for their comments. We should see some agreement fairly soon on what are acceptable guidelines to be adopted by this government.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Program summary, total O and M, $46.824 million.
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Does the committee agree that the Department of Renewable Resources is concluded?
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Now we have Tabled Document, 34-12(5), Tradition and Change, A Strategy for Renewable Resource Development in the NWT, February 1994. Does the committee agree that this is also concluded?
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. I would like to thank the Minister and the witnesses for appearing before the committee. Thank you, Mr. Handley. Thank you, Mr. Feil. I will now rise and report progress. Okay?
Tabled Document 34-12(5): Tradition And Change, A Strategy For Renewable Resource Development In The Nwt, February 1994
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed