Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Most senior staff members have a conflict of interest clause or clause in their contract so that they cannot go into business or take another job which is directly in conflict with the job that they have just held within the territorial government, they cannot use the knowledge they have gained in their new job, and they are not supposed to. But we have some sort of a not withstanding clause in the constitution that has been used to get out of the policy, and we understand that there are many ex-senior government employees who have asked for and been released from this clause in their contract. So I would like to know in what types of situations would it be appropriate for someone to learn a bunch of information and get trained by the territorial government, gain a bunch of knowledge in a certain area and then to turn around and get a better paying job in the private sector?
Roy Erasmus on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on October 22nd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 21st, 1997
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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