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Return To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The honourable Member for lqaluit continues to want to build single infrastructure, but the Nunavut Arctic College board has indicated that they want to build up the regional centres. In other words, they want to build the Kitikmeot and build the Keewatin, so that it responds to the training requirements in those particular regions.

Secondly, in order for us to respond to the matter of trades training or adding additional training requirements, the Nunavut Arctic College board is developing a strategic plan. They have submitted the draft. We have had a discussion about that. The staff are supposed to meet on that matter within these next two weeks. They will then report back to the board and myself on the suggested changes. Those matters deal with program delivery including trades and additional programs. They will develop a strategic plan accordingly. That work has not been completed yet, Mr. Speaker.

Return To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

Supplementary To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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June 11th, 1995

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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Mr. Speaker, I am not particularly amused at the way the Minister has put words in my mouth with his response and suggested that I am promoting a single infrastructure or a single location for infrastructure. The Minister should remember that it was this Member for lqaluit who asked about what he was going to do to establish trades training in the Keewatin in the previous session of this Assembly. I said that I recognized that a was a priority in that region.

Supplementary To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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Some Hon. Members

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Supplementary To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

My question, Mr. Speaker, was about trades training in Nunavut, not lqaluit. I don't like the way the Minister has twisted my words.

Supplementary To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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Some Hon. Members

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Supplementary To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

We have heard a lot about plans, working groups and staff level meetings, et cetera, and I am aware that the Minister recently met with the new chair of the Nunavut Arctic College, Mr. Joe Ohokannoak from Cambridge Bay. The trades training was on the agenda. Forgetting about the Minister's staff and his strategic plans, was the Minister able to make any specific commitments to the Arctic College and its chair about taking some concrete steps to establish some trades training resources in Nunavut? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Nerysoo.

Further Return To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No, there have been no specific decisions that have been made. Nunavut Arctic College has submitted a strategy that deals with that matter. Part of the strategy includes financing programs. I had an opportunity, for instance, to meet with one campus in the Kitikmeot. Their suggestion was we shouldn't necessarily move the programs without knowing the consequences of those programs on the clients we are serving. Having said that, Mr. Speaker, if there is an option and a plan that clearly articulates the need and responds to the number requirements for trades training, I won't stand in the way of that plan. However, it needs to be clearly articulated in the way we provide a program and also how we provide the fiscal resources to meet that plan. The partners that can be involved includes the Nunavut Implementation Training Commission and a number of the other partners, including the federal government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Further Return To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Patterson.

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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister if he agrees with me that, rather than infrastructure --we have Housing Association warehouses, DPW garages, and shops in many communities throughout Nunavut --in Nunavut --which he implied I was asking about

in my first question --what we really need are instructors in those communities, using the existing facilities to get trades training up and running, especially in the early apprenticeship years. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Nerysoo.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That all requires planning. The unfortunate position that the honourable Member takes is these investment decisions can be made immediately. We need to plan the programs to be offered, the method by which we deliver the programs, and what locations those programs will be offered in. The honourable Member makes some good points about existing infrastructure, but I just want to advise the honourable Member that in my short discussion even in the Kitikmeot, their suggestion is that we should not simply make a change in the trades training program without looking at the consequences to the existing program, itself.

I think that is a reasonable approach to take. Once that plan has been put on the table, I will be prepared, once the college has agreed to the plan, to support it. But there needs to be some planning and coordination. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Further Return To Question 583-12(7): Progress On Establishment Of Trades Training For Nunavut
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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 would like to ask the Minister of Finance a question with regard to budgeting items. When we were in the budget session, the Minister of Finance indicated to this House that we will be looking at cuts in the future. I would like to know whether or not this government has drawn up a priority list for budget cuts for this government. Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Minister of Finance, Mr. Pollard.

Return To Question 584-12(7): Priority List Of Budget Cuts
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

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

Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It has been brought to my attention that the community of Snare Lake is encountering problems with their community freezer. I understand that the Minister has been made aware of the problem. I would like to ask the Minister if he could give us a status report on what the department is planning to do to rectify the problem of the local community freezer. Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Minister of Renewable Resources, Mr. Arngna'naaq.

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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The department has, as all Members know, been doing a review of all the community freezers across the Northwest Territories. They have also gone into communities where freezers are required. At the present time, I believe the report is being completed and the study that was done is being assessed. A submission will be made to Cabinet and to FMB in the not-too-is that distant future. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Zoe.

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Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand that the department is doing a comprehensive review of all local community freezers but the problem that the community of Snare Lake is encountering is a specific problem with the existing freezer. I understand that the Department of Public Works and Services that maintains the unit on behalf of Renewable Resources have indicated they have made his department aware of the existing problem. I understand the community freezer, at one time or another, has conked out and all the meat was destroyed. Although the unit is running, they have a lot of health concerns about the smell being created. I understand the Department of Renewable Resources has been made aware of it and I'm wondering what their plan is to rectify the problem. Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 585-12(7): Problems With Snare Lake Community Freezer
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Arngna'naaq.

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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The situation in Snare Lake has been assessed, just as every other freezer in every other community has been assessed. We have a lot of similar problems in various communities. With this report having been completed, with all community freezers being assessed, we will be able to come out with a plan as to how all the freezers will be handled. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Zoe.