Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Premier some questions related to mandate implementation. In particular, can the Premier provide me with an update on the mandate commitment to better streamline administrative processes, policies, and legislation across government to enhance the capacity of the public service to work better together. What actions to date have been taken to implement this commitment? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Frame Lake. Mr. Premier.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And it might not sound like a big question, but that's a big question. We're talking about a culture change in had the government, really, and how we do business across government. But I'm happy to report that there are a number of initiatives underway. So I'll just start with something simple.
Sometimes streamlining just means defining roles so people actually know what their role is relative to other departments and enabling departments to work together with that understanding. And so one thing that we have started doing is creating project charters when there is an initiative that cuts across different departments. That way it brings departments together; they all know what they're doing, and no one's duplicating efforts, and everyone's in the know. So that's one thing that we are bringing in slowly, help acclimatize everyone to it.
We are developing new artificial intelligence guidelines because the future of, you know, administration is going to rely heavily on artificial intelligence and so that is going to assist employees with their work. So, you know, we're working with other governments, coordinating, looking at best practices and, really, all governments in Canada, they're at their -- this project is at its infancy everywhere and so we're really working on the same timelines as governments.
We're making amendments to the Public Service Act to update the legislation to reflect current practices and job evaluation hiring and labour relations. We are -- one of the things that I'm happy about is that we're reducing the number of strategies and frameworks that we have in the government. I was Minister of ECE for years before I realized that we even had some certain strategies. So clearly, those aren't working the way they need to, so by reducing those and streamlining things, we'll become more efficient. I'll leave it at that for now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I certainly appreciate that answer, and it sounds like the Premier had more to say so I would encourage perhaps a more fulsome response in writing.
Mr. Speaker, I'd like further an update on the mandate commitment to empower the public service by ensuring they are provided the flexibility to deliver programs and implement policies in ways that best serve residents. Mr. Speaker, can the Premier describe what changes have been implemented in the public service to better empower staff? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And so that question really gets to integrated service delivery. And so we are advancing integrated service delivery across the territory. We're starting small. Once again. We don't want to try and do this all at once. We want to learn lessons on how we can better work together and better empower employees to make decisions that are in the best interests of residents and aren't administratively burdensome. So we're establishing regional locations in five communities to explore how to reduce the regulatory and policy burden on both the public service and the residents. We're also embarking on an NGO support program which will empower the public service by identifying internal barriers and streamlining supports to allow residents to focus on healing and making productive choices. So by working with NGOs, we actually become more flexible. There's more ability to do different things compared to us doing it alone as government. So maybe I'll leave it there for now. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I see the clock ticking.
Member from Frame Lake. Final supplementary. Please be succinct with your question.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when I think of empowering staff, I think about reducing hierarchy and actually empowering staff to make decisions to implement programs. Can the Speaker talk about how they're reducing hierarchy in the public service. Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Frame Lake. I would assume that's going to the Premier, not the Speaker. So Mr. Premier.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. So some of these sort of cut across different departments. Maybe the Minister of Finance might be more appropriate to answer that. So what I'll do is I'll let -- I'll tell the Member I'll have to get back to him on that one. Thank you.
Oral questions. Member from Great Slave.
