This is page numbers 1311 - 1340 of the Hansard for the 12th Assembly, 7th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was education.

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Item 9: Replies To Opening Address
Item 9: Replies To Opening Address

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Some Hon. Members

Hear! Hear!

--- Applause

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Item 9: Replies To Opening Address

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Ludy Pudluk High Arctic

We are expected, by our people, to work together, help each other and develop the north; not to make enemies. Because we see things differently, that is where arguments start sometimes.

(Translation) Mr. Speaker, I don't have much else to say, but I would like to thank everyone for their assistance to me, especially our Clerk. I would especially like to thank our Clerk. Since he became the Clerk, he has assisted me a great deal. Every time I ask him questions, he gives me answers. He advises me about how it would be best to do my work. I'm sure he has helped all of us. He works hard and never seems to hesitate to help or do his job. Even though he has helped us a lot, we have never given him anything. Since I won't becoming back, I would like to thank him, especially. To show my gratitude, I would like to present him with something, even though it's small, to show my gratitude.

I will be back, but I will give him what I want to give him, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)

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Mr. Speaker, I supplied the materials for what is in that box and my wife did the hard labour for making the things in that box.

I also would like to thank people who have helped me in the past, specifically Don Stewart. He taught me how to be a politician.

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He passed away not too long ago. Also, Pete Fraser and others who aren't here right now, but they are still alive and I would like to thank them. I hope future generations will be settled in their communities better, because everything is happening too fast in the north, especially since the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner ran the government. Things are happening, but they don't just happen overnight, they take time.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to finish off by saying to those people who are going to run again, good luck. I hope you get back and I know for sure there will be a lot more new faces in the 13th Assembly. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Item 9: Replies To Opening Address
Item 9: Replies To Opening Address

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you, Mr. Pudluk for your last Member's reply, your swan song. On behalf of the Members, I would also like to wish you the best.

Item 9: Replies To Opening Address
Item 9: Replies To Opening Address

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Some Hon. Members

Hear! Hear!

--- Applause

Item 9: Replies To Opening Address
Item 9: Replies To Opening Address

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Item 9, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Mr. Patterson.

Item 10: Petitions
Item 10: Petitions

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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, more signatures are being collected as I speak, but today I would like to table Petition No. 11-12(7) that was organized by the Nunatsiaq coalition against further gun controls. It is signed by 966 residents of various communities in the three regions of Nunatsiaq riding in Nunavut. It reads:

"We, the residents of Nunatsiaq are strongly opposed to the proposed gun control legislation, Bill C-68, and as such, do not support further controls which are intrusive, unfair and unreasonable to the legitimate aspirations of law-abiding, responsible firearm owners and users."

Thank you.

--- Applause

Item 10: Petitions
Item 10: Petitions

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. Item 10, petitions. Mr. Arngna'naaq.

Item 10: Petitions
Item 10: Petitions

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Silas Arngna'naaq Kivallivik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to table a petition which I believe also came from the Nunatsiaq coalition. However, the wording is somewhat different and it comes from the residents of Baker Lake, with 21 names. Petition No. 12-12(7) reads as follows:

"Be it known that we agree, in principle, with firearm legislation designed to protect the citizens of Canada from harm from the criminal element and that there is need for legislation affecting the use and kinds of weapons which can be obtained and used legally. The time has come, however, to make our views known to the government body of Canada, that it is time for legislation which punishes the criminal element with harsher and more severe penalties for committing an offence with a firearm. For who among us thinks that by making a firearm illegal or restricted will stop a criminal from obtaining it, if he truly wants it? Further restricting hunters and honest gun owners with useless legislation does nothing but hurt our abilities to make a living from hunting and using firearms. Therefore, the people of Baker Lake in the Northwest Territories hereby agree and affix their signatures to this petition. This petition

represents the views of those who sign their names below."

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Item 10: Petitions
Item 10: Petitions

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you, Mr. Arngna'naaq. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Kakfwi.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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Stephen Kakfwi

Stephen Kakfwi Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wish to table Tabled Document 130-12(7), Annual Report of the LegalServices Board of the Northwest Territories, fiscal year ending March 31, 1994.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Clerk.

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Clerk Of The House Mr. David Hamilton

Mr. Speaker, according to Rule 42(10), I wish to table Tabled Document 131-12(7), a response to Petition No. 10-12(7) presented by Mrs. Thompson and responded to by the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. Pursuant to section 85(2) of the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, I wish to table Tabled Document 132-12(7), Annual Report of the Conflict of Interest Commission for the period January 15, 1994 to April 15, 1995.

Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Antoine.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table Tabled Document 133-12(7), resolutions from the Deh Cho First Nations women's gathering that was held from June 9th to June 12, 1995. Thank you.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Mr. Koe.

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Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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Fred Koe Inuvik

Mr. Speaker, I would like to table Tabled Document 134-12(7), an article from the Globe and Mail, dated Monday, June 12, 1995 titled "Clipped Wings, Beyond Bandaging." It's an article on our education systems today. I think it's very relevant, as we're dealing with the Education Act.

Item 13: Tabling Of Documents
Item 13: Tabling Of Documents

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. Item 13, tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Mr. Antoine.

Jim Antoine Nahendeh

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, June 16th, I will move the following motion.

I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that one elected representative of each of the nine western NWT aboriginal organizations be invited to appear as witnesses in committee of the whole on Monday, June 19, 1995. Mahsi.

The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motions for first reading of bills. Item 16, motions. Item 17, first reading of bills. Mr. Pollard.

Bill 34: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96
Item 17: First Reading Of Bills

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John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 34, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill 34: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96
Item 17: First Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you, Mr. Pollard. Your motion is in order. To the motion.

Bill 34: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96
Item 17: First Reading Of Bills

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An Hon. Member

Question.

Bill 34: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96
Item 17: First Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Question is being called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

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Item 17, first reading of bills. Item 18, second reading of bills. Mr. Pollard.

Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

June 13th, 1995

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John Pollard Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nunakput, that Bill 34, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 1995-96, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill makes supplementary appropriations for the Government of the Northwest Territories in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1996. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills
Item 18: Second Reading Of Bills

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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis

Thank you. To the principle of the bill.