Jane Groenewegen

Hay River South

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister of Human Resources, who conducts these surveys, how often are they conducted and who reviews them? That wasn’t three questions. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Mr. Bromley.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to talk about an issue that we, as MLAs, hear about on a very regular basis, and that is sometimes there are issues in our public service.

Mr. Speaker, we have a very large public service for a jurisdiction this size. We heard questions in this House last week about the Safe Disclosure Act and how if employees have problems in the workplace, they can use this as a vehicle to express concern. However, we also heard from the Minister that not one issue has ever been raised through this vehicle.

The Department of Human Resources has been before us in Committee...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. General comments. Next I have Mr. Nadli.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. General comments. Next I have Mr. Bouchard.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. So, we had left off on general comments. I believe Mr. Yakeleya was not finished on Thursday, so I will go to Mr. Yakeleya first.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you. Is committee agreed?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Thank you. We will commence after a brief break.

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

I’d like to call Committee of the Whole to order this afternoon. What is the wish of the committee today? Ms. Bisaro.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 21)

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister of Human Resources, is there a standardized survey that goes out to every public servant in every department, and what kind of uptake do they get? Obviously, these are voluntary. Responding to this survey would be voluntary, and I would like to know what kind of uptake there is on a survey such as that. Thank you.