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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Nerysoo.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have all the information of all the programs available, but I will commit to the honourable Member, through writing, that I will advise him of all the programs that are available and, in fact, Mr. Speaker, I will even commit to writing and having the departmental staff in Cambridge Bay work with the people to whom he is referring so that they may fill out the appropriate forms so that they can be considered for accessing resources which are available in the department. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Item 6, oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ningark.

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John Ningark Natilikmiot

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the honourable Minister. Would the honourable Minister assure me that he will take action, at the first opportunity, with his staff? Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Nerysoo.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We will certainly take this issue along with some of the other issues the honourable Member has raised from his particular constituency, and we will see if we can combine them and try to address them collectively, maybe with a visit of the staff to that particular area. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mrs. Marie-Jewell.

Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of Justice. Mr. Speaker, the Minister should be aware of public statements that the regional vice-president of the Union of Northern Workers falsified information provided on his resume when he was being considered as a candidate for a treatment position in Fort Smith working with youths. I would like to ask the Minister if he can indicate whether there has been a formal investigation of this matter; with a view to determining if formal legal action should be taken in the event of deliberate or fraudulent misrepresentation of employee information. Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Minister of Justice, Mr. Kakfwi.

Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Speaker, I think that question should be more appropriately referred to the Honourable John Pollard.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.

John Pollard Hay River

Mr. Speaker, there are a number of departments involved in this one. Our department, Financial Management Board Secretariat, was the lead department, and it may eventually have to be turned over to somebody else, but in the meantime, Mr. Speaker, I will take the question as notice. Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. (Translation) Today I would like to recognize some people in the gallery. They are from overseas, the Soviet Union, now called Russia. When I look back to 1972 when Canada and the Soviet Union played hockey, the Canada Cup series, I recognize the names of some of the players, but the names of the guests we have in the gallery right now are very difficult to pronounce. I would like to try to say their names today. I might not be able to say them well enough but I will try. (Translation ends) Mr. Bremey Aipin.

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Mr. Aipin is the deputy chairman of the Committee on Aboriginal Affairs in Russia's Parliament. He is also the president of the association of aboriginal minorities in the north, Siberia and far east of the Russian Federation. So that is Bremey Aipin.

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The next gentleman is Ivan Ledkov.

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He is the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Okrug region. He is also the deputy chairman of the legislative committee.

The next person is a lady by the name of Elena Mal'steva.

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She is the medical doctor responsible for regional hospitals.

The other person is Vladimir Kryazhkov.

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He is a professor of law. I hope I pronounced your names correctly. I apologize if I didn't. Welcome to the Assembly.

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Also, just to remind Members, you will have an opportunity to meet with that delegation this afternoon.

Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Pudluk.

Ludy Pudluk High Arctic

(Translation) I would like to thank the Minister of Renewable Resources for having been able to visit my community. I apologize for not being able to be with him when he was in Grise Fiord. He met with hunters and trappers in Resolute and they talked about polar bear hunting. There is going to be a survey done near my community of Resolute Bay with regard to polar bears. The study will be to find out if there are enough polar bears left in my region. I would like to ask what other survey will be done during this time. Is there going to be another survey with regard to polar bears done? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.

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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik

(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was glad to visit my honourable colleague's communities. I felt welcome when I visited these communities. We had successful meetings and we discussed a possible survey that would be done with regard to polar bears. At the same time, we were able to consult with local people to find out their problems and this was through questions that were raised in the community visits. The survey that will be done in the spring is with regard to counting the polar bears around the Resolute Bay area; in particular, they are going to be counting the numbers of polar bears in the High Arctic region. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Dent.

Charles Dent

Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Public Works and Services. Mr. Speaker, the department has been undertaking some consultation and review of the business incentive policy. I know there has been a fair bit of concern expressed over the consultation process because in many situations, there were no departmental officials present. I was wondering if the Minister could advise if the consultants have provided their report of these consultations to the department yet?

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Minister of Government Services and Public Works, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

We anticipate that a report will be made to Cabinet by March 31, 1995, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Supplementary, Mr. Dent.

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Charles Dent

Charles Dent Yellowknife Frame Lake

Supplementary, Mr. Speaker, to the same Minister. Could the Minister advise whether or not changes are expected to be made to the BIP for this spring's tendering?

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Mr. Speaker, I think there may be one more step in the process and I should be honest about it. That is, I made a commitment to Mr. Ballantyne earlier this session that if there were people who wanted to meet with me -- and I think there were some people from Yellowknife -- with regard to the BIP, that I would do so. That's one thing that I have made a commitment to do, if necessary.

I don't know what the recommendations are going to be yet, Mr. Speaker, but I can tell you that it's my feeling that there may have to be some changes to the BIP suggested to Cabinet, certainly, by the first two weeks of April, which may influence tenders that are let after that particular date, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Supplementary, Mr. Dent.