Question 72-13(6): Sport North Update  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I guess I would have been remiss earlier in saying that it was the Honourable Manitok Thompson who led the recent NWT Trade Mission to China and helped facilitate the meeting with Mr. Ell and I apologize. I would like to thank Minister Thomps

Member's Statement 64-13(6): Qikiqtaaluk/chinese Joint Venture On Seal Products  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. O'Brien. Mr. Speaker, as Mr. O'Brien just said, this morning with the Honourable John Todd and the Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Jerry Ell, and Mr. Han Shood, CEO of the China/High Jung International Project Corporation of China, via telephone f

Question 57-13(6): Donation Of House For Iqaluit Homeless  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the past 18 months, as the Minister knows, and I appreciate the support that his department has been giving me and the people of Iqaluit who are working on this issue, but like I said, we passed a motion last year with the Baffin leaders

Question 57-13(6): Donation Of House For Iqaluit Homeless  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is a very serious concern and the Minister is right, that quite a few of the people actually using the shelter are coming from outside of Iqaluit. I am wondering, with the dramatic increase in the homeless that we are seeing in Iqaluit,

Question 57-13(6): Donation Of House For Iqaluit Homeless  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, indeed, this is a very serious situation that has developed over this past summer and with the cold weather coming we have approximately 20 to 30 people in Iqaluit who have been using that shelter and the facility was not able to sustain that

Question 57-13(6): Donation Of House For Iqaluit Homeless  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, last year the Baffin leaders meeting in Pangnirtung, and again this year they are meeting in Iqaluit, passed a motion supporting the Iqaluit homeless shelter. This past summer, the building was condemned by the Department of

Item 5: Recognition Of Visitors In The Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure today to welcome in the gallery, Yeta Yensen, who is the deputy chief statistician of Greenland in town to explore cooperation with the GNWT and Nunavut government. Sitting next to Yeta, is a very good friend of mine, Bob and Mr

Member's Statement 48-13(6): Expansion Of Iqaluit School  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, because of the anticipated growth associated with the creation of Nunavut, the federal government allocated monies under the Nunavut incremental infrastructure envelope. These monies were targeted to the decentralized communities and Iqaluit,

Question 51-13(6): Proposal To Bury Dew Line Sites Pcbs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, is the Minister and his department then, involved in negotiations on the application by the Department of National Defence to bury PCBs in the Arctic? Thank you.

Question 51-13(6): Proposal To Bury Dew Line Sites Pcbs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand that Vic Shenordah the head of the Environmental Canada's Toxic Pollution Prevention Directorate said last Monday, that, indeed, they may or may not be considering changing the landfill policy. So I am wondering, has our governme

Question 51-13(6): Proposal To Bury Dew Line Sites Pcbs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over a year ago, I brought up a concern with the PCBs being buried in the north regarding the DEW Line cleanup and I understand a report, on environmental research into polychlorinated biphenals due within this month is expected to strengthen

Question 42-13(6): Decision Regarding Nunavut Turbot Quotas  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, some of these federal and territorial/provincial Ministers' meetings, when those meetings are over, we have very little information to go on except a press release from the Canadian Press or something like that. I am wondering if the Minister

Question 42-13(6): Decision Regarding Nunavut Turbot Quotas  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, has the Minister or anyone from his department or his staff been in contact with NTI or the Baffin fisheries organization, the Qikiqtaaluk Corporation based out of Iqaluit to find out what their stance is on this issue to get some follow-up i

Question 42-13(6): Decision Regarding Nunavut Turbot Quotas  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The turbot fishery of Nunavut has increased dramatically over the last few years and has provided much employment and cash income for people of the Baffin region specifically. I am wondering will the Minister be bringing the issue of the turbot quotas up

Question 42-13(6): Decision Regarding Nunavut Turbot Quotas  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, following up on my Member's statement, my question is to the Minister of RWED. Could the Minister inform this House if his department has reviewed the recent Supreme Court ruling in July regarding the quota that was handed down for the turbot