Thank you, Mr. Speaker and a good question by my honourable colleague. Just a little history, if I may, for clarity's sake. If you remember when we were negotiating last year with the UNW, we indicated to them that we thought we could try to find a wage rate for students that was different from the normal civil servant, so that we could employ more students, not less. Unfortunately, for one reason or another, we could not get an agreement. We are, as I have said in the House before, as Mr. Dent has said, looking at an affirmative action policy and also looking at a northern job strategy. As part of that overall northern job strategy, we are also looking at, specifically, a program for students this summer. We are going to be, hopefully, bringing forward to the committee, the Government Ops Committee, both these papers to seek their input and direction on and get this thing under way, so that we can be up and running for the summer. Thank you.
John Todd on Question 194-13(4): Student Summer Employment
In the Legislative Assembly on January 31st, 1997. See this statement in context.
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Question 194-13(4): Student Summer Employment
Item 6: Oral Questions
January 30th, 1997
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