Jane Groenewegen

Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Does the committee agree that the Minister should be invited to bring witnesses into the Chamber? Agreed?

I will call Committee of the Whole to order. We have a number of issues. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you. Bill 18 is now ready for third reading. I would like to thank Minister Dent and Mr. Aitken for their attendance on this matter.

I will ask Minister Roland, who is responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat, if he would please provide his opening comments on the departmental estimates.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, because of some of the uncertainty with respect to the future of Dene K’onia over the past few years, at least 10 of the staff who worked there were casual employees and at least half of those had been working as casuals for at least four years or longer. What does the government have in mind to do to assist the casual and term employees affected by this closure? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill as a whole?

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions again are for the Minister of Justice with response to the staff that I referred to in my Member’s statement about the many dedicated and long-serving, in some cases, staff who have worked with the Dene K’onia Young Offenders Facility in Hay River. I would like to talk to the Minister about the next steps. I think the Minister would concur with me that these folks are a very valuable resource and we certainly have a lot of need within the youth community in the Northwest Territories. I would like to know what the Minister plans to do to...

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