Mr. Speaker, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Mr. Speaker, the local community freezer in Snare Lake broke down last year and this issue was raised in the House a year ago. When the local community freezer broke down, it was cleaned and it was claimed to be safe for use by the community health inspector. However, the local people refused to use the freezer because too much meat was spoiled and a large amount of blood was spread inside the local freezer. The local people depend on the caribou meat as part of their diet, and they feel that the spiritual connection that they have for the animals will be greatly affected if they use the local freezer where all the meat was spoiled. Therefore, in respect to the common spiritual beliefs of my constituents, I ask the Minister of Renewable Resources if he will reconsider the decision made by his department that the community should continue to use the local community freezer and that he find an alternative solution to this issue.
Question 21-13(1): Replacement Of Snare Lake Community Freezer
In the Legislative Assembly on December 14th, 1995. See this topic in context.
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James Rabesca North Slave
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mrs. Thompson.
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Manitok Thompson Aivilik
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will refer this question to Mr. Kakfwi.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Kakfwi.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
English not provided...(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As the Minister of Renewable Resources, I am the person that the question should be addressed to.
Not that long ago, in Snare Lake, for some reason the equipment in the reefer broke down, and the meat and fish and whatever was stored in that reefer was all spoiled. It was repaired. The reefer seems to be working okay now, but some people are not using the reefer; I don't know why. The reefer has been fixed.
Some communities do not have a community reefer, so we will be working more on this issue after Christmas when capital funding is requested for the communities that do not have reefers. We will be working toward them being able to build reefers and looking at how much money would be required for it. The O and M still has to be figured out. So the communities that do not presently have these reefers are the ones that we will be supporting to get reefers in their communities.
So the one in Snare Lake that is being discussed has been repaired, and if it's maintained properly, it will be working for a long time yet. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Supplementary, Mr. Rabesca.
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James Rabesca North Slave
Mr. Speaker, I apologize for making my statement to the wrong Minister. Since Mr. Kakfwi spoke in his own native language, maybe I should speak my own proper language.
(Translation) Mr. Speaker, the community is prepared to build an outside shell of a community freezer with logs from outside the community and wish to purchase the inside shell of the freezer. They feel that this will not only create employment for a number of the residents during the winter months, but a good solid protection would be built for the inner shell of the community freezer which will be cost-effective in the long term. Mr. Speaker, I ask the Minister, will it be possible to provide the necessary funds to the community for them to participate in the construction of an outside shell and to purchase the inside shell for a new community freezer. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
(Translation) Mr. Speaker, in listening to what the honourable Member had to say, I now have a better understanding of what they are requesting. They would like to work on the project themselves. There is already a reefer there. If it is to be renovated on the inside as well as the outside, then we can sit down together and find out exactly what they would like to have done. Once we have an understanding of what they would like to have done then we would be able to help them financially and how the whole project could be worked on as well.
It is only once we have sat down together and discussed this whole thing that we could find out what we can and can't do with this project, so we will be doing that shortly after Christmas. Thank you.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Supplementary, Mr. Rabesca.
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James Rabesca North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) I would like to ask the Minister of Renewable Resources; he has just been given responsibility for this. He has a responsibility to help the communities with these kinds of issues. If he can look into this issue; look at the issues in Snare Lake with regard to this. Maybe he can give me, in written form, how we can work on this issue together.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Rabesca.
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Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu
(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the honourable Member. I think if he wrote a formal letter then I would be able to know exactly what they are requesting and we will be able to
discuss it further. He is speaking on behalf of the Snare Lake community. He's the best person to know exactly what the people are requesting and what they would like to have worked on. The best process to work on this would be for him to write me a formal letter. Thank you.
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December 13th, 1995
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Item 6, oral questions. Item 7, written questions. Mr. Steen.