Mr. Speaker, I have a return to an oral question asked by Mr. Nerysoo on June 16 regarding the executive secretary at the Inuvik Regional Health Board. An advertisement had been placed in a southern Canadian newspaper in an effort to recruit an executive secretary for the Inuvik Regional Health Board.
The chief executive officer of the board advises that before seeking candidates from outside the Northwest Territories, two attempts were made through local advertising to recruit an executive secretary. A renewed effort will be made to find a qualified local candidate, or one who might, through on-the-job training, acquire the necessary skills.
The department supports the decision of the board's chief executive officer to recruit or train a local NWT resident for the executive secretary position.