Floyd Roland

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m not aware of any myself. From this end, this was a one-time situation. Unless the Minister is aware of what communities are about to run out of their licences and have to go for renewal. Again, some may already have that, so we’re not sure of that. Right now, as we’ve gone forward with this one, this is a one-time situation. As you see it, we’d have to wait and see for every hearing, I guess, as to what may happen. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chairperson. It is not setting a precedent because the government has, in the past, also provided funding for boards that have been under funded or, in this case, because of ambulance services. But there have been times in the past where the government has put in extra funding once they have worked out the details with the Department of Health and Social Services. There isn’t a precedent being set here. In this case it wasn’t a matter of poor management, it was a fact that there was under funding for a service that was being provided in this area. The Minister of Health...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I don’t have that detail with me at this time. I can try to collect that information and provide it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this would apply to all government staff. So all public servants, whether they are on education boards or health boards, the only group that would not apply to is the Power Corporation. Thank you.

Yes, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Management Assignment Program that’s in place, or MAP as we call it, was developed to try to move from within the existing workforce of the Government of the Northwest Territories; people who would have the ability to move up and take on the higher level positions and hopefully, with a succession plan, a person can come all the way up and take over a deputy minister position. That’s sort of the long term of things. When it was put in place, it was again there for everybody in the Government of the Northwest Territories. It wasn’t specifically designed...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we should be clear again that the affirmative action policy is not dead. This government is still committed to it. It is still part of our hiring practices. The specific area of succession planning and so on, they are pieces of what we’re going to put together and improve on as the Government of the Northwest Territories through our corporate human resource service centres. With the ability, once we have the staff together, working together and having the support of their colleagues, and with the same interpretation of the rules that we operate by, we will...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the process, as laid out, is with our policies that are in place. Each applicant would be put through that. They would be followed. If the rules are followed, then there is no ground for appealing if that is the basis of the concern. So as we go forward from here, as we have stated, to clarify where we are going and to make this a more transparent process, going with the independent staffing appeals officers, it is our goal to limit the concern that people are not being given a fair opportunity for the jobs that are in place. As we have it, the rules are...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the three positions will not all be located in Yellowknife. One of them will be in the north and one will be in the south part of the territory. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have with me today the director of legislation, Mark Aitken; to my immediate right is Mr. Lew Voytilla, secretary to FMB; and, to my immediate left is Ms. Lynn Elkin, assistant deputy minister of corporate human resources. Thank you.