Glen Abernethy

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m not sure I understand the question 100 percent. Sun Life is basically our insurance provider and under the insurance program we can claim back 80 percent of costs, and for medical medevacs we can claim back 80 percent of the costs in certain situations. We have to obviously fill out paperwork and add justification and then we’re able to charge back as part of our insurance.

Thank you, Madam Chair. There are a number of reasons why there could possibly be a late file. There were and there have been time delays between when an incident occurred and when the employee reported the occurrence to their supervisor. We are trying to encourage employees to report incidents immediately, but sometimes it is late. It could be shift work. There were delays between when an incident occurred and when an employee sought medical attention. An individual may have had an incident and didn’t realize that they were necessarily injured and, at a later time, realized that the incident...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I do.

Madam Chair, in October/November we pulled reps from across the Territories together to give them some training on what expectations there are, providing them with the terms of reference so they can go back to their committees and do some work.

As far as which departments don’t have them yet, I don’t know off the top of my head. But I’d be happy to go back and see if we can get that information and provide it to you in committee.

Thank you, Madam Chair. In 2011-2012, that was the first year that we had a revenue target here and we had them originally at $250,000 but the actuals came at $761,000, so we’ve had to make an adjustment so that we don’t have to do a larger correction later in the year. We think the $750,000 is closer. At the end, it will have to be amended to the actuals.

As far as paperwork is concerned, when an injury occurs, an employee is required to fill out a form that is provided by the WSCC. They fill out that form and then the employer is required to follow up a subsequent form which is also provided by the WSCC so that that particular file can then become a file of the WSCC. We’ve indicated earlier and talked a little bit about that from time to time, 61 cases over the last four years, they have been late filed, but I don’t see us having a significant problem getting these forms to the WSCC and moving forward accordingly.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Yes, I do.

Yes, Madam Chair, this is the section that we work on some of the policies and try to encourage the departments to utilize the policies that have been developed.

I hear the Member loud and clear. The Regional Recruitment Strategy is one of the things that we have been talking about to start addressing these particular challenges. We are talking about on-the-job training and other opportunities for youth, but not just youth, people who are interested in becoming employees of the Government of the Northwest Territories.

For students, there is a significant amount out there and I think Education, Culture and Employment does provide some fantastic student loans that will help individuals fund their way through college or university. But when individuals...

As I indicated, we are responsible for putting the policy together, then each department would have to take that policy. Every department is different and the risk for employees within each department is significantly different. Justice has a significantly different risk level than, say, the Department of Executive or Department of Finance. Every department has to take the policy, do the risk assessment, and put in the program that meets their level of risk to ensure that their employees are aware of safety protocol, that they’re aware of health and safety standards, and that they apply them...