Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If I can go back to an earlier statement, when we looked at the lay-offs that were prepared by the departments and the Ministers, we took the time to try and manage our way, as I've said consistently, out of this fiscal mess that we're in. I believe that we were able to save a number of jobs by careful management of the lay-offs. We are looking at, and do have in place, a variety of options, as my honourable colleague says; whether it's early retirement, retraining and some other options. In short, Mr. Speaker, we're doing some of the things that my honourable colleague is talking about. I think we demonstrated clearly -- I hope we did anyway -- to this House in the previous discussions that we're trying to manage as carefully as possible the job loss. We'll continue to do that and we'll certainly look at other options that have been suggested by my honourable colleague from Arviat. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 97-13(3): Voluntary Alternatives To Lay-offs
In the Legislative Assembly on March 28th, 1996. See this statement in context.
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Question 97-13(3): Voluntary Alternatives To Lay-offs
Item 6: Oral Questions
March 27th, 1996
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