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Supplementary To Question 581-12(7): Closure Of Surgery Ward At Stanton Yk Hospital
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Ms. Cournoyea.

Further Return To Question 581-12(7): Closure Of Surgery Ward At Stanton Yk Hospital
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June 11th, 1995

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Nellie Cournoyea Nunakput

Mr. Speaker, there has been no diminishing of the services whatsoever. Patients are still referred to Stanton. As I said earlier, the operating room remains open and in use, and the patients are well cared for at the Stanton Hospital, and, although they are not in the surgical ward and bedded in the surgical ward, they are accommodated elsewhere in the hospital.

It is anticipated that there will be a reopening of the surgical ward itself in August or September when we implement the new surgical services we have identified in our budget for Stanton.

So, just to restate once again, there is no diminishing of services. Patients are well cared for and there have been no patients sent south as a result of the closure. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. Ms. Mike.

Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Speaker, I was not satisfied with the responses he provided to Mr. Ningark's questions. The Minister was provided with the resolutions that were made in January when the Nunavut leaders met in Gjoa Haven. The resolutions were sent to him. To date, none of the Nunavut leaders have received a response to any of the recommendations that were made there,

other than a letter that was received by the Member for lqaluit. Can the Minister indicate if a detailed response to Nunavut leaders on each of the recommendations and their components can be expected in the near future?

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

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

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Mr. Speaker, I am sorry the honourable Member is not satisfied, but the fact is that we have been conducting meetings on an ongoing basis with the Nunavut Arctic College, which we just created within the last several months, who are going to assume the responsibility for the development of a Nunavut Arctic College plan.

The other point is that I have also been meeting with the Nunavut boards of education chairs and their directors on a regular basis. Part of the work that the department has also had to do is the matter of the transition plan for the department to get ready for division. Along with developing a human resources plan and getting involved with the income support changes, we've met with the NIC/NITC and with some of the boards, including the college board.

We did not, in fact, receive to date the real details of the NIC report because they are really not public. We have had discussions about what it entails but they have not been released to us for discussion. On those changes that we see as being of significant concern to us, we need to meet with the boards. I was asked to coordinate a meeting. We have indicated to the groups that we would like to host the meeting in November or in the fall once all the documentation has been completed.

It's not simply a matter of the department not doing the work. The fact is that the work is so substantive that we can't get it done immediately, and I am not prepared at this time to simply say that this department has not done any work. I think the honourable Member, if she looks at all the work that has been done to date, would note that much of the work has been completed, and the unfortunate thing is that we cannot get into some of the detailed discussions.

In fact, Mr. Speaker, I want to say that some of the chairs of the boards who will be meeting in Sanikiluaq several weeks from now have raised some very major concerns about board development in their particular regions, and it is not our recommendation to form a single board; it is the Nunavut Implementation Commission, and their minds have to be changed about that issue. The other component, Mr. Speaker, is that the strategic plan

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Ms. Mike, your point of order.

Point Of Order

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I realize about NIC recommendations on their report. They are not up for discussion. We shouldn't even mention NIC's report in this Legislative Assembly because it is this government's responsibility for the educational development of Nunavut until

1999. Mr. Speaker, I would like to know, will the Minister respond to...

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Can we have some order here? Ms. Mike, what is your point of order?

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Mr. Speaker, the NIC report is not going through implementation at this time. I don't think it is relevant that we should discuss it in this Assembly.

Speaker's Ruling

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Ms. Mike, in order to raise a point of order, it has to be against the rules. You don't have a point of order. Continue with your question.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can say, Mr. Speaker, that

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Ms. Mike, your point of order.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am sorry for getting excited, but the NIC report is not a tabled document in this Assembly. That was my point of order. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Ms. Mike, I realize that the report isn't in the House, but as long as the Minister isn't quoting from the report itself, it isn't a point of order. Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Mr. Speaker, I am not trying to challenge you in any way, but the Minister did indicate that the NIC report recommends one single education board and

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Ms. Mike, I have already made a ruling on your point of order. Mr. Minister.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just so that it is clear, and I don't want to debate with the honourable colleague, but here is the point. There was a request for a transitional plan. That transitional plan has been completed. The problem is we have not had Cabinet discussion on it and we have not received the approvals. The documentation also needs to have some discussion with the boards. The matter of the strategic plan for the Nunavut Arctic College needs to be completed. We had a review of that. That document needs further discussion and the staff will be meeting on that further this week. Two weeks from now, we will be meeting with all the parties involved with training and education in Yellowknife. We will discuss a number of these particular issues, at which time,, hopefully we will have a collective position on these issues. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Item 6, oral questions. Ms. Mike.

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Rebecca Mike Baffin Central

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister appoint an assistant deputy minister for Education, Culture and Employment for Nunavut as soon as possible, as requested through the resolutions? Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Nerysoo.

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Richard Nerysoo Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. No. It may not be necessary to appoint an assistant deputy minister. We may identify someone who will be responsible for the implementation of all those issues related to educational matters for Nunavut, but it may be someone who is identified specifically for that particular purpose. It may not be an assistant deputy minister. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Thank you for waking me up.

---Laughter

Item 6, oral questions. Mr. Patterson.

Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to ask some questions about the Gjoa Haven Nunavut leaders' summit on education in January. Mr. Speaker, I think the Minister is well aware that the leaders' conference expressed great concern about adult training programs and particularly about trades training in Nunavut and resolved that the Minister should implement a strategy to ensure those programs were put in place to meet the needs of Nunavut. Six months have passed and I would like to ask the Minister, since January, what stops has he taken to establish trades training in Nunavut, as recommended by the Gjoa Haven leaders' summit? Thank you.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Employment, Mr. Nerysoo.