Hon. Stephen Kakfwi's return to Question W26-12(2), asked by Mr. Nerysoo on March 9, 1992:
1) The Government of the Northwest Territories presently employs 2080 aboriginal people, or about 34 per cent of the total number of 6123 employees.
2) It is not possible to tell how many aboriginal employees the government has recruited since the affirmative action policy was implemented. Our competition information system is now being improved to provide this information from this point onwards.
However, when the native employment policy was implemented in 1985, aboriginal people in the public service numbered 1138, which was approximately 30 per cent of the total number of employees. When the affirmative action policy was introduced in 1989, a total of 1613 employees were aboriginal people, which represented 31 per cent of the total number at that time.
In 1987, a total of 1454 employees were aboriginal people, or approximately 32 per cent of the total government work force.
a)The breakdown of present aboriginal employees by
department is attached.
b) The breakdown of present aboriginal employees by region is: Baffin, 427; Inuvik, 306; Fort Smith, 505; Keewatin, 259; Kitikmeot, 168; headquarters, 415; for a total of 2080.
3) The present government, which took office in October of 1991, has recruited 146 native people out of a total of 371 employees recruited for the entire period, broken down as follows: October 1991, 47; November 1991, 31; December 1991, 16; January 1992, 25; February 1992, 27; for a total of 146.
4) It is not possible to provide a breakdown of the numbers of deputy ministers, assistant deputy ministers, regional directors, and assistant regional directors recruited since 1987.
However, it is possible to provide the number of aboriginal employees who occupied management positions for each of the years since 1987: 1987, 21, which is nine per cent of total management staff; 1988, 25, which is 10 per cent of total management staff; 1989, 28, which is 10 per cent of total management staff; 1990, 32, which is 10 per cent of total management staff; 1991, 54, which is 14 per cent of total management staff.