David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wanted to pick up where one of the other Members had gone in terms of the human resources consolidation. As the Minister is aware, I made a statement in the House the other day with regard to the growth and the expense of the public service. That was taken roughly by the UNW, the union president and some other executives with the UNW.

What I just wanted to mention to the Minister today is that part of what I see this human resources consolidation doing, is actually getting a handle and getting an understanding of where the GNWT is going with its public service....

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Now I’ll call for a short 10-minute break. Thank you.

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Back to the total on page 2-5, $3.116 million.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland.

Page 2-83, corporate human resource services, operations expenditure summary, $4.419 million. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A little bit of the concern that I had with the first recommendation that appears in our committee’s report was the date of April 1, 2005. It was a date that was put out there I guess to try to put the brakes on the losses that were happening at the Sirius plant, to give some assurance to the Regular Members here that this issue would be dealt with once and for all by April 1st. But I want to try and get a comment from the Minister on what’s going to unfold here. I know there were numerous proponents lining up when the initial call for proposals went out for the Sirius...

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Pokiak.

Page 2-8, labour relations and compensation services, infrastructure investment summary, total net book value and work in progress, $1.574 million.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Roland.

Page 2-81, Audit Bureau, active positions.