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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, it's my impression that the committee is expected to report very quickly back to the House of Commons so that Members are not allowed to stray too far from the political fold over the course of the summer recess. The government in Ottawa wants to deal with this with some haste. They already have three dissenting voters within their ranks. It's expected that if there's a delay, the lobby being mounted by Canadians across this country could result in a serious fragmentation of the Liberal Party on this particular issue.

The standing committee chaired by Mr. Allmand, I understand, is expected to report very quickly to hold hearings over the course of perhaps a month or a month and a half at the most, so that the parliamentary procedure can be completed without too much delay. This means, at least it implies, that not everyone across this country will be allowed to be heard. They will perhaps be selective of the amount of time and number of presentations they allow to be made to them.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

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April 5th, 1995

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

What form, Mr. Speaker -- since we have been lobbied so heavily by people in the Northwest Territories -- will the government intervention take in trying to make sure that the views of northern people will be heard by this committee?

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

There is a letter that was sent to the chairman, Mr. Allmand, requesting that they visit the Northwest Territories, and that the committee of this Legislature which I am chairing be allowed some time to make a presentation, and that time also be allocated for those groups from the Northwest Territories that wish to make presentations on their own behalf. I've also requested a meeting with the federal Minister of Justice for the week after Easter, in mid-April, to again impress upon him the nature of our concerns, but also to remind him that we support elements of his legislation. There are just certain elements of it which we find are too severe, such as the sentencing components contained within the Criminal Code part, and the administrative nightmare that would result from the imposition of a national registration system. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Lewis.

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My final supplementary is this, Mr. Speaker. Now that this bill has been given second reading, will there still be the possibility to address some of the changes that people in the Northwest Territories would like to see in that bill now that it has been referred to committee?

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Kakfwi. Mr. Lewis.

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

I would like to seek unanimous consent to extend question period.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Member for Yellowknife Centre is seeking unanimous consent to extend question period. Are there any nays? There are no nays. The question has already been asked, Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, I can't remember the question. I was kind of befuddled with the Member's request. Perhaps he could rephrase it again.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Lewis, you did use up your four questions, but I will allow you to ask the last question if you ask exactly what the question was.

---Laughter

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Brian Lewis Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister since the gun control legislation has received second reading, therefore whatever the principle was in that bill has been established and accepted, could the concerns of Northwest Territories residents about the legislation now be dealt with in these hearings that are being proposed?

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Kakfwi.

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Mr. Speaker, it is possible that the committee chaired by Mr. Allmand could come forward with some recommendations which could make substantial changes to the measures contemplated in the bill. We still have opportunity to meet with the federal Minister, ourselves. Our two Members of Parliament within the federal party also have access to the Minister, and I'm sure are doing what they can to listen to the political will of the people across this country.

It is my view that allies come from different places. For instance, the entire gathering of Ministers in Victoria in January when we met as respective governments with the federal Minister, we asked him if there was some way to make changes. Some of them were to the severity of the sentences contemplated in his proposal. We couldn't get the Minister to budge at all. But you will have noticed that in the news, when the police association made that comment and suggested that perhaps he may want to look at being more flexible in the sentencing for first and second-time offenders, law-abiding citizens who inadvertently run into conflicts with these registration laws. He seemed very willing and seemed to suggest that yes he would work in concert to appease the request made by the police association. So there is some movement still at this late stage and we are happy for it, we

continue to work on it. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

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

Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It took a while and I actually forgot my question, but I had enough time to remember it again, so I can proceed. My question, Mr. Speaker, is to the Minister of Finance; it has to do with funding for the two new territories proposed for 1999. I, as well as other Members, have always had some concern that when the day comes, there won't be enough money in the pot to sustain two new territories, but I know the Minister of Finance just met with the federal Minister of Finance. I wonder if the Minister of Finance can tell us if the subject of funding for division came up in the conversation. And if it did, when can we expect some concrete responses from the federal Minister of Finance on the funding for division?

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

That was two questions, Mr. Ballantyne. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

Mr. Speaker, we were not there to specifically discuss the incremental funding required for the division of the Northwest Territories, although it did come up by way of the next formula funding agreement expiring in time for it to divide and become two and fund both territories. So it only came up in that respect, but the last time I asked this question on incremental funding they said they had not done their projections out that far.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Ballantyne.

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Michael Ballantyne Yellowknife North

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as a Member of the Legislative Assembly Special Joint Committee on Division, I have seen some correspondence from the federal government on the whole area of costing. From the very beginning when we started this process with the federal government, it was quite firm that they would maintain the same level of programming.

The correspondence coming from the federal government now has qualifiers, such as "depending on financial realities," et cetera, et cetera. So I see the commitment softening and I think it is very important that we jump in now and jump in hard, because it seems to me that nobody in Ottawa is really paying a lot of attention to some of the fiscal realities of division. Could I ask, from the Minister of Finance, for a commitment that he will consider this a very important issue and will push this issue very firmly that we need some full commitments on funding for the two new territories post 1999. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Pollard.

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John Pollard Hay River

I will make that commitment, Mr. Speaker, yes. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

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

Fred Koe Inuvik

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister of the Housing Corporation. Earlier today, the Minister indicated that the authority for collecting damage deposits is under the Residential Tenancies Act. I would like to get some clarification. My first question is when damage deposits are collected from tenants in social housing, whose responsibility is it to collect and account for those deposits?