Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Once again I think it would be premature to pre-judge a process that we are just getting into to. Aboriginal Affairs have been given the dollars to start beefing up their ability to be at the table of these negotiations with the federal government and aboriginal groups. I think it is far too early to speculate what is going to come close to coming out of that process. Thank you.
Debates of Jan. 30th, 1997
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Morin. Mr. Ootes, just for clarification, Mr. Morin suggested that the clarification of this type of issue may better come from Aboriginal Affairs when we reach that in budget, so I wonder if you could limit your questions to the Cabinet Secretariat as it is laid out on page 214?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will take that and continue with some questions during the review of Aboriginal Affairs. Thank you.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question is in relation to the Personnel Secretariat. In answer to questioning last year the Premier had indicated that there would be a place where everybody can go to and where they could apply for jobs, rather than going from department to department. I would like to know if there is such a place in Yellowknife and where is it?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not recall saying that last year. That we were going to have a central agency to apply for jobs through this government. At present time, if a person needs a job in Yellowknife, they will have to walk in the downtown section where the departments are situated in a 10 block radius and apply for jobs, possibly entering a few buildings rather than have one building to enter. Thank you.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I realize that most of the offices are in a 10 block radius, but for many people who are intimidated enough walking into government offices, having to move to 10 different offices just to find out about jobs and to apply for jobs is a huge undertaking and I will undertake to get the Hansard when I asked that specific question. What I would like to know is who is involved in the interviewing?
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When there are job interviews for jobs within the departments who is involved in those interviews? Is the department of, does the Department of Personnel have anybody involved in those interviews?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is done by the department. The Personnel Department is not involved. Thank you.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Morin. We are on total operations and maintenance, $5,894,000. Mr. Erasmus.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When people wish to find out information on jobs where can they find that information? Is there a central place where they can go? Thank you.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Jobs are advertised in the local paper and the local media. Thank you.
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The Chair Vince Steen
I think the question, Mr. Morin was, is there a central place where the people applying for jobs can go?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. No.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Was this considered, this huge disadvantage and inconvenience, inefficiency, was this taken into consideration when the Department of Personnel was wiped out? When it was downsized to the size it is now?
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I do not completely agree with the Member's preamble to his question, but let me assure you that everything was taken into consideration by this Assembly last year when it passed through this Assembly. Elimination of funding to the Department of Personnel and we changed it into a Personnel Secretariat that was passed by this Legislative Assembly, so I am sure all Members took that into consideration. So did we, in Cabinet. As far as the public in general and people applying for jobs, if they do not have the ability to go from a building to building, or department to department, I do not know how interested they are in working. They should have I guess the want of a job strong enough to go apply to some of the departments. Thank you.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know that there was never any debate on this issue and people were not properly informed about how people are going to have to be trudging around in 40 below from place to place. Perhaps it was insinuated by the fact that a lot of money would be taken out of the department. I would like to know, what is the current cost of the Personnel Secretariat?