Yes, I will try to be brief, Mr. Chairman. I think the Languages Commissioner has answered my question when she said she was really frustrated, at least with some departments. I take it, then, that even though the protocol has been agreed to somewhat reluctantly about working through the official languages unit and the deputy ministers receiving complaints, recommendation 5 in the report is really asking the legislature to overrule that protocol and reconsider that practice. That is how I understand recommendation 5. It says, "consider the current GNWT practice," but if the Languages Commissioner was satisfied with the current GNWT practice, then she wouldn't have recommended that it be reviewed. If I understand it correctly, there is a frustration there with that. This protocol was worked out through the official languages unit, which reports to the Premier. Has she not thought of sitting down with the Premier, who is responsible for this area, seeking a meeting and just saying, I am having certain frustrations with certain departments. Others are all right. Can you fix it up? We are a small jurisdiction. Would that not be a way to tackle some of these day to day frustrations that I am sensing in the report and in the response to my questions? Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Tabled Document 11-12(5): First Annual Report Of The Languages Commissioner Of The NWT For The Year 1992-93
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Tabled Document 11-12(5): First Annual Report Of The Languages Commissioner Of The NWT For The Year 1992-93
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 15th, 1994
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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