Daryl Dolynny

The Minister is correct; this is a cascade approach. I think the first fine, $250; second fine, $400; and it’s a $1,000 fine for every claim thereafter. That’s according to WSCC guidelines.

I beg to differ, Madam Chair. I think $56,000 is $56,000. I’m sure anyone who said $56,000 is on the floor over there, don’t worry about it, it’s a small number... I believe it’s a large number. More importantly, the fact that it won’t go away because, as we continue, even with one more claim tomorrow, that’s another thousand bucks. It will just continue like this and snowball until such time as we go to...

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. We will go to Ms. Bassi-Kellett.

That’s, I guess, promising. I’m hoping to see some savings in the overtime area. For all the GNWT, time efficiency is what we’re looking for.

In previous information and in the vein of HR strategy involving information systems, there was supposed to be an ePerformance project that was supposed to be completed in this fiscal year. Can the Minister indicate to me if this ePerformance project is one schedule to be completed in this fiscal year? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Bassi-Kellett. Moving on with questions we have Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Madam Chair. It is just going to be a clarification question. The Minister mentions a number of 1.8 claims per 100 and the average of 2.4. Can the Minister and the department provide the statistical backup in terms of how that number was calculated, given the information and how the details around that where they came up with that 1.8? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Abernethy.

I do applaud the Minister and the department for giving this laundry list of tools. I appreciate that we have that today. The question is, what have we done differently or new to adapt to the same terminology that WSCC has with all other companies and businesses throughout the Northwest Territories? If we’re going to be doing the repeat of the same programs and expecting different results with WSCC, my concern is that it is a dangerous precedent that we are moving down.

I would rather see us look at what are the criteria the WSCC is looking for from this government. Are we aligning our strategy...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I welcome the Minister and the delegation here today. In line with my comments from the Member of Hay River North, I too want to congratulate the department on a job well done being named one of the top 100 employers in Canada. That’s quite an accolade and sometimes I think we forget to say some good things about what’s happening in government, so congratulations.

Keeping in line with what was said, and you might hear a common theme here a little bit, but we know we are faced with a lot of net out-migration of employees. This is nothing new. We have, at times, a lot of...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’ll continue where Mr. Bromley has probably left off here and opened the door here with respect to WSCC continued issues. I’m from a bit of a different perspective on this and I believe the directorate and the Minister have more accountability on our performance than we’re maybe led to believe here.

The Minister has gone on record to use quotes such as ”we are the collaborators of HR management” and he’s also used the terms ”as we provide the tools.” The Minister mentioned $600,000 in claims or penalties. It’s actually closer to $750,000 in claims or penalties in the...

I appreciate the Minister’s recap of some of those initiatives here. We have many competing hurdles within the education system as of today. Some of them were mentioned by the Minister. From disparity of student achievement in small community schools, from poor results from Alberta Achievement Tests, to poor functional grade levels, staff development and retention issues, and some system accountability. Can the Minister elaborate how allowing students to grade teachers can fit in the overall assessment tools to help evaluate better educational outcomes?