Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before we recommend this for third reading, I would like to express a concern that we have a situation that we are going to be in a deficit this year and we cannot go on into further deficit, especially with regard to benefits, holiday benefits, retirement benefits, payout benefits. I would like to ask if the government is somehow looking at this whole business of benefits for civil servants, because it is an exorbitant amount and we cannot afford it at this time of restraint. We cannot be supporting the public service at the expense of the communities. I think this government is going to have to take a bold step in this area and say we cannot afford these benefits any longer. At one time it used to be an incentive to attract people up here, but that is no longer the case. If people are dedicated enough and wish to work up here, they should do it for whatever the offer is and not because of the benefits. Perhaps the Government Leader may want to respond.
Samuel Gargan on Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 26th, 1992. See this statement in context.
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 25th, 1992
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Samuel Gargan Deh Cho
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