Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think the point we are trying to make here, I guess, on the $500,000 for casuals, is that it seems that the discretion for hiring these casuals for less than three months in many cases lie with the department managers. If that is the case, the concern I think that Mr. Erasmus and some of the Members have been trying to bring forward is: what kind of policies or conditions or controls do we have in place to make sure that managers, when they are hiring casuals, do not circumvent the policies and programs that we have in place here. For example, if Melvin Flint, who is a department manager in Tough Luck Bay, wants to hire a casual over a two month period and that casual could be his best friend, he has the ability right now to go to that person and do a sole-sourced contract to hire that person. In some instances that seems to be circumventing the regulations that we have in place. I guess the question to the Premier is, is that the case and if it is the case, how can we fix it? If it is not the case, can he give us some information on what policies and guidelines are in place to stop that from occurring?
Edward Picco on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 3rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 2nd, 1997
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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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