David Ramsay

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Next on the list I've got Mr. Dent to the amendment. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’d like to thank, as well, the commission members for the hard work and the job that they did on developing the recommendations contained in the report and it’s very interesting hearing other Members around this room discussing this very important topic. I listened quite closely to what my colleague Mr. Lafferty had to say from Monfwi and appreciated what he had to say. From where I stand, and I don’t want to go over a lot of ground most Members have covered, but from where I stand I think an important factor in all this is we try our best to stay out of court. I...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do have a concern in the area of human resources. I know the Minister spoke in June of over 100 areas of concern in the Human Resources department. As a Regular Member, we haven’t had a briefing where we actually got to talk about what these concerns are and how we are going to address them as a government. I think that is fundamental and the communication has to be better between the Minister and the Regular Members on this side of the House in terms of where we are going with human resources and human resource planning. When does the Minister plan...

I will now rise and report progress. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.

---Carried

I will rise and report progress.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to ask questions today to the Minister of Human Resources. It has been almost two years since the amalgamation of the HR departments. It is getting close to two years. I don’t see any improvement in the area of client service, Mr. Speaker. In June, I questioned the Minister in regard to the service levels. It is not good enough that employees or the public call various persons at HR and get three or four different stories about where their files are, what they can access, and what they can’t access. Questions go unanswered. E-mails go...

Does committee agree that consideration of Bill 14 has now been considered?

Clause 3.

Thank you, committee. The vote was two in favour and 14 against. The motion is defeated.

---Defeated

Thank you, committee. We will go back to the main clauses of the bill. Bill 14, An Act to Amend the Legislative Assembly and Executive Council Act, No. 2. Clause 1.

Question has been called. All those in favour? Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Next on the list I've got Mr. Hawkins. To the amendment, Mr. Hawkins.