Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, continuing on the human resource theme, and I can't stress I've had the pleasure of going through, at least on a cursory review, of the public service annual report. So I am going to draw to the attention both the two years of 2023-2024 and the following report 2024-2025 as the simple examples.
Mr. Speaker, on page 50, ironically in both reports, it is the only when phrase direct appointments is used. It's not used in any other phrasing or calculation. And it embeds the issue that I am trying to raise. It says internal mobility includes all transfers, and in brackets, (including direct appointments). So, Mr. Speaker, given the fact that the two years -- and I will just make it very easy. There's just over 2,100 internal mobility changes in jobs, and the second one there's almost 1,900 mobility jobs, is there a reason why the government doesn't specifically point out how many direct appointments are made in a public service annual report? Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Minister of Finance.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I actually like to keep a printed copy of our Public Service Act because the questions do come up here. I don't have it in front of me right now. But I can say, Mr. Speaker, that again -- and without seeing that exactly, I am kind of ill placed to maybe explain what's on page 50. I can certainly say, Mr. Speaker, what I do have in some of my materials here, that in -- between April 1st and -- or in 2025, most -- about half of the direct appointments -- and the numbers are quite different so this is where I suspect there may be something more to discern in terms of what is in -- on page 50 there, but I have in front of me 63 direct appointments, about half of which were entirely to do with programs under the Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Framework. So, again, that's the regional recruitment one and bringing students in through the BCG program. I will note another, like third to 40 percent, were interns. So those are two of the really biggest sources of direct appointments, Mr. Speaker. But, again, happy to sit down and check into what's in there and to make sure that we are fully reporting out what is being appointed. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I only ask your indulgence so I can describe the names of the reports so we're speaking about the same report.
So the report I am reading off is the Public Service Annual Report 2024-2025 and of course 2023-2024. Again, just making sure we're on the same page. And lastly, about being on the same page, I am referring to PDF page 50 which is actually report page 46.
Mr. Speaker, my question next is really about is why don't they tease out or clarify officially in these reports direct appointments; in other words, have it a standalone category. And therein lies my question; can the Minister do that in the moving forward reports? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yeah, Mr. Speaker, again, I am happy to take another look at what's in the Public Service Act -- or public service annual report. It certainly was my recollection that we did report in on the numbers of appointments that came in under the various -- particularly Indigenous recruitment programs, summer students and internship programs. So yes. I mean, the simple answer is yes, Mr. Speaker. We can certainly put that in there. Let me go back and have another look. Again, I am hopeful that it may well be that more information is there and that -- I'd like to just make sure that we -- yeah. You know what, Mr. Speaker? Yes. Thank you.
Thank you, Minister of Finance. Oral questions. Colleagues, our time for oral questions is up.
