Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, over the course of the last couple of years, my colleagues and I have made statements and asked questions regarding the improved high speed communications throughout the Northwest Territories. Also, last year we were informed that the famous green book that listed all the government personnel with their respective phone numbers is not being published. This would save the government money and we now have the Internet to take its place. To me, this is great as long as the residents can utilize this tool. However, we are still not to that state yet.
Mr. Speaker, on our web site, the GNWT directory lists all personnel with e-mail addresses, phone numbers and in some cases fax numbers, which is theoretically better and easier to use than the green book was ever thought of to be. Unfortunately, this great tool still cannot find staff who is working with this government. The reason being, this page has never been updated. I know of staff who relocated a year ago, who have made numerous requests to change this record and are still listed in the old area instead of where they work now. Mr. Speaker, do we have this web page, if we cannot let our residents use it for what it is intended to. This page must be updated on a regular basis or else scrap this page entirely. Our staff is important as well as our residents. They should be able to communicate without problems like not finding the right phone numbers. The directory is supposed to tell which department and how to get in touch with people, not where they were. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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