Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is to Mr. Todd, the Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board. I have spoken in the past about the unjust inequities, in the process the government has developed in determining settlement allowances, because Yellowknife is used as a basis for determining the allowances paid to GNWT employees in other communities. Yellowknife government employees have received no settlement allowance increases in this round of collective bargaining. When I last questioned the Minister, he stated because there was an offer on the table with the UNW on a new collective agreement, he was not prepared to revisit the issue at this time. At that same time, Mr. Speaker, the Minister did advise the House that he would give it some serious consideration. I am wondering, Mr. Speaker, now that pay equity has been removed from the table and both sides are back at the bargaining table because of the unjustness and unfairness of this particular part, will the government look at putting more money into the kitty for the employees of the Government of the Northwest Territories working in Yellowknife? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Question 208-13(6): Inequities In Settlement Allowances
In the Legislative Assembly on November 12th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Question 208-13(6): Inequities In Settlement Allowances
Item 6: Oral Questions
November 11th, 1998
Page 378
Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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