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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, before I commit to tabling that document, I would like to obviously talk to the Minister responsible for the WSCC. It's really their report to table, but given that our information's in there I will certainly have a conversation with the Minister responsible for the WSCC.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, to change a PY in the Government of the Northwest Territories, it is a funded position. It requires us to go through the mains process that we are going through today, which means the Members do have an opportunity to see any funded positions that are being moved from one region to another or being eliminated. As with our policies and procedures, we have policies and procedures with respect to staff who are affected. If a position is going to be moved or eliminated, we have a very thorough process we follow in an attempt to retain our staff as best as possible...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the parties who have appeal rights include any person eligible for priority consideration under the Affirmative Action Policy and any current GNWT employee. There are some scenarios where appointments to positions may not be appealed under regulations and those are clearly outlined within the policy and regulations. That's a person with a staffing priority status under the Staff Retention Policy, any position considered an executive position as determined by the job evaluation system, and teacher and/or principal jobs. With respect to fairness, I mean we want...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we are committed to a safe workplace for all of our staff. Our people are our most valuable asset, and we need to make sure that they are working in safe environments. To that end, the Department of Human Resources does provide assistance to all the departments who have established individual occupational health and safety committees throughout most of the work sites and most of the departments through the GNWT, most of the departments, not necessarily every work site. I can tell you that through the Safe Advantage program there have been years where we have...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

If the Indigenous Aboriginal candidate passes the interview, the offer would be made to the Indigenous Aboriginal candidate as long as he or she passes the interview.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

I don’t believe that we have provided a report but there's no reason we can't so I will commit to providing committee with a summary, a written summary, and if you want to have a meeting we can do that, too, but I'll start with a written summary to committee.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we do have a safe disclosure policy in place that was negotiated with the UNW, and they are part of the review committee on that. When that agreement was put in place, we did indicate that we were going to move forward with some safe disclosure legislation here in the Northwest Territories. We did not move forward with that in the last government. We were monitoring the effectiveness of the safe disclosure policy that we did put in place, and we had very, very few individuals who actually took up and utilized that policy. It doesn't mean we don't need the...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I have committed to getting those numbers. I can certainly have it provided by communities throughout the Northwest Territories. Sometimes the numbers are one or two, so we want to be cautious about confidentiality, but we will get those numbers to you: as of June 2nd, 562 applications, 217 hires. There are still some offers out there that aren't fully counted in that. I do hear the Member. I know the Ministers hear the Member. We have to think about magnitude here. There has to be work too. There has to be meaningful work for these summer students to do. Hiring...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Yes and we do see a rise in the number of investigations and complaints that need to be investigated which is driving our need to travel out and do worksite and workplace investigations and site inspections. With the more investigations, the more travel.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 14)

Thank you, Mr. Chair, I would.