Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Madam Chairperson, I think we all realize that interpreter service to an Assembly of this nature requires quite well-trained and educated interpreters. Therefore it might be said that, in fact, it is going to be hard for Nunavut to find interpreters of this quality. I was wondering, do we have any program in place where we would be training interpreters for the Legislative Assembly in Nunavut?
Debates of Feb. 3rd, 1998
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Clerk Of The House Mr. David Hamilton
Madam Chairperson, there are a lot of very well-qualified interpreters throughout the north, not just based in Yellowknife and, in fact, we do bring in Inuktitut interpreter/translators from communities outside Yellowknife. They have to go where the
market demand is. When the services of interpreter/translators were privatized one of the responsibilities of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment was to establish a register of interpreter/translators so that clients, no matter who they were, could be assured they were getting qualified and experienced interpreter/translators by being placed on this register of interpreter/translators. I am not quite sure whether there still is a program in Nunatta Campus Arctic College for interpreter/translators, I am not sure if that is still going on. There are programs in the colleges that would train interpreter/translators where they can get experience. We have no program in place that would train interpreter/translators. The market is there and we are able to attract and have to pay to bring people in for that function.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Vince Steen Nunakput
Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Madam Chairperson, my other question is with regard to the obvious fair amount of empty office space upstairs, in particular, once the Nunavut MLAs leave there will be ten empty Nunavut offices. What is the government's plan to do with those offices? Do I have opportunity to use them for the constituency assistants that I cannot afford?
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
Thank you, Madam Chairperson. The constitutional process is still ongoing right now. We cannot make any determinations on how many Members we will have. We might have two chambers. Also, under the NWT Act we still can have up to 25 Members but that still has to be determined. We do not know what the numbers are going to be yet and we are not going to know until maybe 1999. That is the best answer we can provide right now.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Madam Chairperson, I move that we report progress.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
There is a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. The motion is not debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. I will now rise and report progress. Thank you, Mr. Gargan. Thank you, Mr. Hamilton.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Good evening. The House will come back to order. We are on Item 20, report of committee of the whole. Mrs. Groenewegen.
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 8, Appropriation Act, 1998-99, and Committee Report 02-13(5), and would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that report of committee of the whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Item 20: Report Of Committee Of The Whole
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Seconded by Mr. Roland. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried. Item 21, third reading of bills. Item 22, orders of the day. Mr. Clerk.
Item 22: Orders Of The Day
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Clerk Of The House Mr. David Hamilton
Mr. Speaker, there is a meeting of the Standing Committee on Social Programs at 6:00 p.m. this evening. For tomorrow morning, at 9:00 a.m., of the Standing Committee on Infrastructure, also at 9:00 a.m., of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, of the Ordinary Members' Caucus at 11:00 a.m., of the Nunavut and Western Caucuses at 12:00 noon tomorrow.
Orders of the day for Wednesday, February 4, 1998:
1. Prayer
2. Ministers' Statements
3. Members' Statements
4. Returns to Oral Questions
5. Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
6. Oral Questions
7. Written Questions
8. Returns to Written Questions
9. Replies to Opening Address
10. Petitions
11. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
12. Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
13. Tabling of Documents
14. Notices of Motion
15. Notices of Motions for First Reading of Bills
16. Motions
17. First Reading of Bills
- Bill 5, An Act to Amend the Financial Administration Act, No. 2
- Bill 7, An Act to Amend the Territorial Court Act
- Bill 9, Loan Authorization Act, 1998-99
18. Second Reading of Bills
19. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
- Bill 8 Appropriation Act, 1998-99
- Committee Report 2-13(5), Standing Committee on Government Operations, Report on the 1998-99 Main Estimates
- Committee Report 3-13(5), Standing Committee on Infrastructure, Report on the 1998-99 Main Estimates
- Committee Report 4-13(5), Standing Committee on Resource Management and Development, Report on the 1998-99 Main Estimates
- Committee Report 5-13(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs, Report on the 1998-99 Main Estimates
- Tabled Document 15-13(5), 1998-99 Budget Address
- Tabled Document 19-13(5),Guidelines for Implementing Public/Private Partnerships
20. Report of Committee of the Whole
21. Third Reading of Bills
22. Orders of the Day
Item 22: Orders Of The Day
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. This House stands adjourned until Wednesday, February 4, 1998, at 1:30 p.m.
--ADJOURNMENT