Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member says I treat disabled people differently than I do other individuals, or the government treats them differently. The fact is when we put a job description or a competition out there, we have criteria for those jobs. Those people that apply can identify whether they fall under our affirmative action policy if they have criteria that we have to take into consideration as we fill those positions. Ultimately, though, Mr. Speaker, it's going to be the qualifications of the individual that will apply to whether they get that job or not. We're not...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm aware that we do in fact, within HR, have an individual. In a number of departments we have individuals who are disabled. But I'm not going to stand here and highlight who, where and what position. We have individuals working with disabilities. The issue at hand is, as the Member stated, there are numbers and then there's statistics. He's used the fact that 13 percent of people are identified as disabled within the Northwest Territories. The question should more appropriately be, I guess, I look at it is how many of those are in the area of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, June 5, 2006, I move that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2006-2007, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member has an amazing ability to be able to rewrite what's been said in this House, or responses. Yesterday, in response to his questions, I stated quite clearly that as direct appointments, a tool that we do have available to us, they're outside of the affirmative action policy. But the affirmative action policy is used in the ranking of a decision that is made. It is a tool. Direct appointments are a tool that we have and the government has, as past governments have, made priorities of people we will hire within the government: graduates from our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the fact is, and we've agreed that there needs to be work done around our hiring practices within the Government of the Northwest Territories. We've committed to doing that and bringing a paper forward for this Assembly to review, the Members and our government, to improve on a number of areas. As the Member's well aware, we've just done the human resources amalgamation, and getting those processes, our normal processes, in working order so that we can do an effective job with our staff today. We haven't had the opportunity to deal with these issues the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, June 5, 2006, I move that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2006-2007, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member has an amazing ability to be able to rewrite what's been said in this House, or responses. Yesterday, in response to his questions, I stated quite clearly that as direct appointments, a tool that we do have available to us, they're outside of the affirmative action policy. But the affirmative action policy is used in the ranking of a decision that is made. It is a tool. Direct appointments are a tool that we have and the government has, as past governments have, made priorities of people we will hire within the government: graduates from our...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the fact is, and we've agreed that there needs to be work done around our hiring practices within the Government of the Northwest Territories. We've committed to doing that and bringing a paper forward for this Assembly to review, the Members and our government, to improve on a number of areas. As the Member's well aware, we've just done the human resources amalgamation, and getting those processes, our normal processes, in working order so that we can do an effective job with our staff today. We haven't had the opportunity to deal with these issues the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, June 5, 2006, I will move that Bill 9, Write-off of Assets Act, 2006-2007, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member says I treat disabled people differently than I do other individuals, or the government treats them differently. The fact is when we put a job description or a competition out there, we have criteria for those jobs. Those people that apply can identify whether they fall under our affirmative action policy if they have criteria that we have to take into consideration as we fill those positions. Ultimately, though, Mr. Speaker, it's going to be the qualifications of the individual that will apply to whether they get that job or not. We're not...