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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’m just wondering what it would take for the Department of HR to – and again I see HR as the lynchpin for all the departments – to implement this and say this is the type of mentoring program that we want all the departments to look at when they are hiring positions. If you have a large vacancy to use, even engineers in transportation, for example, there are all kinds of different examples and we hear them all the time, we talk about it to students wherever we go, they are talking about deciding whether they are going to go back north or taking a job in the South. If...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Beaulieu.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Agreed. Page 234, Human Resources, labour relations, information item. Questions?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I talked about getting the fish into different agencies and I’m wondering if the Minister could talk to the Minister of Justice and get it into our correctional facilities. Is that a possibility?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Page 247, strategic human resources, operations expenditures, $8.339 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

No further comment, Ms. Bisaro? Committee, we are on page 231, Human Resources, directorate, operations expenditures, $4.504 million.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Obviously, the Minister is answering some of those questions, but the $1.5 million that the government has committed, have we got any commitment from the federal government to leverage any of our money to build this fish plant? We know it is going to cost more than $1.5 million. Has the Minister been able to obtain any financing from the federal government? Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Page 243, regional operations, operations expenditure summary, $3.397 million.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Thank you Director Beard. Ms. Bisaro.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 55)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Recently, the Department of ITI launched a new brand promoting Great Slave Lake fish. The Hay River MLAs were pleased to participate in the launch in Hay River. We would like to thank the local ITI staff as well as Super 8 and Steve Anderson. I would also like to thank Poison Graphics for my apron. It was exciting to encourage Northerners to buy more local fish.

As you know, Hay River has a strong history in fishing. In the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s we had many fishing companies in Hay River. The fishing industry has changed. We have a few dedicated fishermen currently that...