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Thanks, Mr. Chair. By legislation we’re responsible, as a government, to provide inspections on certain types of things like electrical, elevators, boilers, pressure vessels and gas safety. But for a little bit more detail, I’d like to go to Deputy Minister Guy.
Thank you, Madam Chair. The Member is correct; it’s actually an error within the Department of Human Resources and it needs to be put into the right category.
Not sure I completely understand the question. The Department of Human Resources used to show these positions even though they didn’t necessarily work for the Department of Human Resources. To be consistent, given that this is a supernumerary training position, they will no longer show under HR’s establishment but we still have those training opportunities available and we will put individuals in those training opportunities. We will always try to have those training opportunities full. We’ll always be training somebody in the regional Superintendent/Director Training Program. There are three...
Thank you, Madam Chair. Once the UNW Collective Agreement is ratified officially by both sides, we will have a six-month time period to complete the interim whistle-blower protection. It isn’t going to be legislation. It’s going to be interim protection that we’re going to work in partnership with the union and other stakeholders to put in place. That’s going to be our first priority, to get that in place. Once that’s in place we will proceed with the LP for whistle-blower legislation. As I’ve committed to before, we hope and want and expect that we will have whistle-blower legislation...
Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is a big list, so rather than reading the whole thing out, we can commit to providing that to the Member. But we’ll go back to Steve just to give us some of the finances around that. But as far as the list, I just want to check if the Member’s okay if we provide that later.
Thank you, Madam Chair. On my right is Ms. Sheila Bassi-Kellett. She’s the deputy minister of Human Resources. On my left is Michelle Beard who is the director of human resource strategy and policy.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s not really an elimination of positions in the regions. What this is, this was the regional superintendent/director training positions which are more like interns in their application. They had been showing up in the Department of Human Resources but they’re actually employees of other departments. So it was more appropriate to treat those positions more like the Intern Program. So the Intern Program doesn’t necessarily show all the positions in the Department of Human Resources. They show them where they exist. In this case those training positions continue to...
As I indicated, we’ve got a representative from 12 of the 14 departments. I know some departments do have stand-alone committees. I don’t have that number in front of me right now. I am happy to get that number pulled together and I will share it with the Member and committee once I have it.
I’m actually going to Deputy Minister Guy on that one.
Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, I will move that Bill 2, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2012, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.