Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, if there were no official layoff notices, that may be correct, but the staff were invited to a meeting and were told that it was pending, depending on the layoff plans, so were they told that there were layoffs coming, yes. Were they given an official notice in the form of saying three months you are gone, no. I still consider it a layoff notice when you are called into a meeting with your supervisor and are told that your job may be disappearing. On the Language Bureau itself, maybe the Minister could qualify something for me by the downsizing and the elimination of the Language Bureau as it is today as Mr. Dent has just said, is that a monetary savings to this government? Is it a budget issue in this budget? Are we saving money by doing this?
Edward Picco on Committee Motion 24-13(4): Recommendation For Withdrawal Of Layoff Notices To Interpreters/translators
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 24-13(4): Recommendation For Withdrawal Of Layoff Notices To Interpreters/translators
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 24th, 1997
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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