Mr. Speaker, I am just as concerned as the honourable Minister about public funds. However, I believe if this situation is not managed, all of the gains are going to be wiped out by employee morale and staff turnover. It costs $30,000 to remove and replace a teacher in Baffin Island. This is what I am concerned about. The $5 million will be quickly erased by the turnover costs if this is not managed and if something is not done about employee morale, which is now spiralling downwards. Mr. Speaker, recognizing the majority of employees who are affected by this policy are in fact members of legal collective bargaining units, and recognizing that the Minister of Personnel has a responsibility for developing, wherever possible and even with difficult matters, good relations with the legally elected representatives of the employees, can the Minister tell this House whether he bothered to involve the UNW or the NWTTA in any of the planning discussions which eventually led to the establishment of this policy? Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Question 270-12(3): Lack Of Consultation Regarding Staff Housing Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on February 19th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 270-12(3): Lack Of Consultation Regarding Staff Housing Strategy
Question 270-12(3): Lack Of Consultation Regarding Staff Housing Strategy
Item 5: Oral Questions
February 18th, 1993
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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