Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have questions for three Ministers, all the three Ministers sitting to the left of the Premier. I had initially had a lot of discussion on layoffs at the GNWT. I found that as we moved through the process the layoffs were very selective. I find that layoffs are devastating to the families and the employees that are receiving layoff notice. I find that layoffs have a very adverse effect on markets, whether it is in a market community like Yellowknife or in other markets of Hay River, Fort Smith, Inuvik, and so on. I also find that layoffs adversely affect the economy. In addition, I find that if people who are laid off in the GNWT, who have arrived here as maybe single people or couples and now have families of five and are leaving the Northwest Territories, then that has a negative impact on the transfer of payments versus what would be saved as far as the actual salary that is saved. Quickly to my question: do these three Ministers, when they are doing layoffs, do they do any evaluation of the position being laid off, as in all these points that I considered? Do those Ministers take a look at those points when they're doing layoffs? Thank you.
Tom Beaulieu on Mr. Beaulieu's Question
On October 5th, 2017. See this statement in context.
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Members' Questions for Ministers
October 4th, 2017
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