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Vince Steen

Vince Steen Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member does have some good suggestions, and I will take them into consideration and pass them on to the department. We will get back to the Member as to exactly what we can come up with to improve the system. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Mr. Henry.

Seamus Henry Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Miltenberger. Mr. Speaker, the Minister made a statement in the House today regarding addressing priorities in Education, Culture and Employment, and he talked about the results of the ministerial forum, and the education conference. My questions surround that today. My first question, Mr. Speaker, as the Minister went on to talk about these particular forums, and the work he intends to do and move on, and he said that he wished to move forward immediately on some of the non-monetary recommendations from the ministerial forum. Could the Minister give us an indication, first of all, what are the non-monetary recommendations that he does intend to move forward on fast? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

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

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to point out that the recommendations that were put out, I think there were 44, 31 of them were, in my opinion, non-monetary recommendations. A lot of the focus on those particular issues has to deal with communities, with families, with DECs, how they work together, what kind of training that can be done, the use of how they relate to each other, the communication issues. Those are all issues, I think, we can start moving on immediately if we use the wisdom and the information that has been brought back to us by the forum members, as well as in consultation with the DEAs and DECs. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with regard to the ministerial forum, the report, a copy was made available, at least to myself, on Monday, which was yesterday. I am wondering when is the Minister going to be receiving input from Members of this House on that report or is he just going to implement some of these recommendations right away, because they were brought forward in a report? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would be very interested in sitting down and discussing the report and the recommendations with the Members of Government Operations. There is no intention to implement anything at this point until we are sure exactly what we are going to implement.

The report in fact, tells us what needs to be done. The next step is how do we do it? It is going to take some time. I have been in discussion with the department already as well as in discussion with forum members about how to best move ahead with this particular issue. As well, a key part of this process will be the input of the Members of the Government Operations committee keeping in mind that time is of the essence and that there are things that we can start right away. People will be consulted, it will not be as lengthy as the last time, because a lot of the work is already there, the question is, how do we implement what has been recommended. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Henry.

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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Minister for that clarification, I think that is important that people know that they still have input into some of these recommendations before they are implemented. The Minister in his statement also talked about working with other departments, in particular in the social envelope. Mainly in support of our youth, Mr. Speaker, I spoke today about two areas that I think have concerned many Members of this House, and many members of the public. I am wondering if the Minister has any intent at looking at ways our youth can be protected. In

particular, to the availability of programs to encourage our youth to stop smoking, and more importantly legislation to protect the minds of our youth regarding pornographic material that is available, under rated movies that are available. Is the Minister's department looking at any legislation or programs that would help deter that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. I am sorry, I must rule the question out of order. It is a new question to the same Minister. Oral questions. Do you have a supplementary? Mr. Henry.

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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, if I could seek some clarification. I was asking questions about, can I ask a question on the Minister's statement? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

You can, Mr. Henry, but you started by asking a question on the Ministers' Forum on Education, and that is the question that you should be leading your questions on, not on the youth issue. Mr. Henry.

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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for that clarification. I will wait my turn for further questions on the Minister's statement. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Mrs. Groenewegen.

Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of housing. Mr. Speaker, I am not sure what stage of development the Housing Corporation, or housing department in Nunavut is at, or to what degree our Housing Corporation is taking responsibility at this time for the delivery of housing in Nunavut, but what I do know is that normally at this time of year suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, are very busy bidding tenders in order to meet the sealift deadlines. But this year, there is very little activity and very little communication as to why there is no activity. My first question is, what communication is taking place with Nunavut at this time to determine what their requirements are going to be in terms of housing program delivery and who is initiating this dialogue? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. The Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In response to the first portion of the question as to taking care of business for our new territory, and what the Nunavut government is doing, the department has a number of service agreements with the Nunavut government in the area of housing. One of the things that has come out of division is that the Nunavut government is responsible for its housing in their territory, and in the area of trying to get them to support NWT manufacturers, I think we will have to do some work in the area of marketing to try and sell our products over there. It is up to their government, we are not delivering the housing program on their behalf. We are helping them in a number of areas, in just establishing their department to get underway with existing programs. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, many companies here in this area, Hay River, Yellowknife, and other communities, everything from people who crate, to those who ship, manufacture, supply, have grown accustomed to the business that comes from servicing Nunavut as well. I am wondering what kind of communication is taking place between the Housing Corporation and some of those companies to inform them if in fact we are going to see quite a substantial reduction in the demand for their services and products. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I could not give the Member an accurate name as to who is taking care of the correspondence. I think most departments and private sector companies are aware that once we have established Nunavut they would be on their way and looking to take care of business in their own fashion.

In the west, we have seen a reduction for a number of years in the amount of new housing starts, mainly because of area of budgeting as well as the lower amount of public housing units. We have not for a number of years built public housing units but the highest portion of that was always in Nunavut. In the west, the housing we are seeing is more in the area of MDAPP that we have right now and that is to help people get into existing homes, or possibly go into new homes. The more we move in that area, especially an example is EDAPP, we are giving the potential homeowner more control of how they would buy and receive supplies. In the old programs where the government had a large majority of it, we would include in our packages a lot of products that were made in the north. Now with the newer programs, the individual homeowners have more of a responsibility in that area of what products they would buy, whether they would buy locally or from other manufacturers from the south. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral Questions. Final supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I think that communication is extremely important in this time of transition. As the Minister knows, as a government and as private individuals have invested a tremendous amount of time and money in developing some of these services, and some of these products and in order for any business to plan, they are going to

need lead time, they have employees, they have overhead, they have expenses. I think it is very important that the Housing Corporation communicate forthrightly with these businesses and also perhaps let them know what the Housing Corporation is doing to develop the markets in Nunavut and also to develop other markets.

Could the Minister please elaborate a little bit, when he referred to developing the markets in Nunavut, what the Housing Corporation is doing to develop those markets so that these companies can stay in business with reasonable demand for their products?