Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I think that this question may have been asked before, and it was something about doing a socio-economic impact of layoffs. There's a number of reasons a position would be identified for layoffs. In the two years since we have been elected… Well, in 2016-2017, we had 124 positions that were reduced by the NWT. Fifty-six employees were impacted by these layoffs: 40 of the 56 were redeployed; five retired; and 11 were laid off and took a layoff option. There's a number of things that the department looks at, but it's unfortunate that sometimes it's a part of doing business where people move around the country for jobs. It's unfortunate we lose any people in the Northwest Territories because they were laid off, but at the end of the day, we like to try to think that we had worked with employees to have every option available to them and layoff is the final. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Robert C. McLeod on Mr. Beaulieu's Question
On October 5th, 2017. See this statement in context.
Mr. Beaulieu's Question
Members' Questions for Ministers
October 4th, 2017
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