David Ramsay

Cooperative Associations Act, clause 3.

Clause 6.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to see the Minister ask the department that question specifically, because I’d hate to see other employees have to go through the same thing that these two constituents of mine had to recently go through. I wanted to ask the Minister as well, is it common practice for pay and benefit officers to go to meetings with predated and pre-signed forms for employees to fill out? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, committee. Thank you, Minister Roland. For the record, could you please introduce your witnesses?

Thank you, gentlemen. We will go now to clause by clause. Bill 6, Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2005, Apprenticeship, Trades and Occupations Certification Act, clause 1.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The motion is in order. To the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In both cases that I have outlined for the Minister earlier today, there is also the issue of severance. Both are being grieved right now. I would like to ask the Minister if he can address that issue as well, because on the forms that FMBS is filling out for people, they are putting in "resignation," not "retirement." They are only giving these employees 13 weeks' severance, not the 30 that they are entitled to. I would like to ask the Minister if he can address those two issues as well. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. I would now like to ask Minister Roland if he has witnesses that he would like to introduce.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can hear what the Minister is saying: that the Housing Corporation reserves the right to cancel or alter the tender process, but there was only one bidder. There was only one respondent bidder to that tender, and it was cancelled without just cause. That is what I am getting at, Mr. Speaker. I would like to ask the Minister when I can expect an official response on the just cause for that contract being cancelled. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am glad to hear that response from the Minister. I guess I am to believe that now the Housing Corporation has only one company they can do business with in Rae. Am I to believe that? What happens to the public tendering process now that the Tlicho have their agreement in place? Is there a public tendering process in place that is fair and open to everybody, or is it just one company that we have to do business with at whatever the price is? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.