Frieda Martselos
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 77)
Mr. Speaker, your Standing Committee on Government Operations is pleased to provide its report on the review of the 20192020 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner and recommends to the House.
The Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 20192020 Annual Report of the Information Privacy Commissioner.
The Standing Committee on Government Operations has reviewed the 20192020 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. The committee normally reviews the Commissioner's report and then makes recommendations to the Legislative Assembly...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 77)
Madam Chair, I move that this Committee recommends that Section 25 be amended to specifically impose an obligation on anyone receiving confidential information from the Office of the Ombud to maintain the privacy of that information notwithstanding any other legislation. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 77)
Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that Section 23 be amended to remove reference to the Director of Human Rights, and, further, that the reference to the conflict of interest commissioner be amended to integrity commissioner. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 77)
Madam Chair, I move that this committee recommends that Section 17(3) be amended to April 1st, 1999, and, further, that in use of clause being included that notwithstanding the temporal restriction if a complaint has records prior to this date, the Ombud has the discretion to investigate the new complaint in full. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 77)
Thank you, Madam Chair. Our report is read into the records. So I do not have any substantive comments to add. But I would like to thank the committee for their work on this report, and individual Members may have comments on the record and its recommendations. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 76)
Mr. Speaker, does the Minister understand that the culture of hiring in the Northwest Territories is troubled, has double standards, and unfair to the people of the NWT?
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 76)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of human resources. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister acknowledge the hiring culture in the NWT? It is not accountable and transparent. Complete denial of this culture is not acceptable. Would the Minister agree?
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 76)
Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell whether staff incompetence or employee insubordination may be part of the problems related to broader human resource issues in the Government of the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 76)
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell us if she is aware of the unspoken practice in culture within human resources wherein hiring staff will brand and blacklist potential applicants and existing employees from advancing within the Government of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 76)
Mr. Speaker, today I am going to speak further to my statement from last week about human resources and the many structural issues pertaining to barriers for people seeking employment with the Government of the Northwest Territories.
In the four days since I delivered that statement, I was approached by at least ten people in Yellowknife whom I've never met before. These folks were Indigenous, nonIndigenous, and other minority backgrounds.
They all said that I am on the right track and encouraged me to continue with this new level of inquiry regarding human resources.
Mr. Speaker, I am acutely...