Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Premier, by his own admission, has agreed that the policy that is in place has not achieved what it was put in place for. When the Premier gets questioned about the hiring of senior people, he says, we hired the best person for the job and, in most of the cases recently, that has not been someone within the affirmative action target group. So, he has told this House that they hired the best person for the job, and I accept that. Now, will the Premier accept that when his senior staff tell him, yes, we have taken the affirmative action policy into consideration, we hired the best person for the job, if it does not achieve an increase in affirmative action candidates? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Question 278-13(4): Affirmative Action Policy
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 278-13(4): Affirmative Action Policy
Question 278-13(4): Affirmative Action Policy
Item 6: Oral Questions
February 9th, 1997
Page 499
Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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