Wendy Bisaro

I will call Committee of the Whole to order. Committee, we are dealing with the Department of Justice. Mr. Abernethy, do you have witnesses you wish to bring into the Chamber?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I gather there was no report that was done that perhaps could be shared with committee. If there is, I would appreciate clarification of that.

My last question has to do with whether or not the Department of Executive has a human resource plan. I understand that each department has been tasked with developing a human resource plan. I can’t remember whether the Executive has one or not.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a couple of questions here on this page. The first area I’d like to reference is that of the rental office. The Minister knows I’ve asked a number of questions about the rental office and the Residential Tenancies Act over the years. Specifically, my recollection is that the Minister has advised committee that the department is undergoing a review of the rental officer’s recommendations from the last number of rental officer reports. I’d just like to know whether my recollection is correct and, if so, what the next steps are in terms of the review that the...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. No, I’m good. That’s all I have.

Thanks. To the Minister, these weren’t commitments that were made to individual patients or to a specific situation. These were statements and these were confirmations of a policy change that was meant to apply across the system and it was meant to apply to the policy in general. So I’d like to know from the Minister, he says no, that that policy does not currently allow for age as a factor in escorts. Again, when a Minister makes a commitment in the House, why is it not followed through and the policy amended? Thank you.

Thanks. I just want to confirm. So we are sunsetting some expensive staff and hiring less expensive staff. Is that kind of the way it goes?

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Next on the list is Mr. Yakeleya.

Thanks to the Minister for that. I appreciate it does take a while because it’s a culture change and it’s a mindset change, and I guess I would just exhort the departments and all departments in the government to just try to remember whenever they are developing anything new that they need to look at it from an operational perspective, but we also have to look at it from a gender-based or a gender-equity perspective. I think one of the things that gets lost sometimes when we talk about gender-based analysis is it’s not only just looking at women. It’s looking at particularly in female-based...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Ms. Schofield.