Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as a Minister, I work closely with the deputy ministers and their staff on different initiatives. If we feel the deputy minister is not being accountable and if there are problems in the way they do their work, we, as Ministers, have the authority to deal with them in a disciplinary manner. When the honourable Member talks about if there are going to be new guidelines, you have to deal with it on a case-by-case basis. Some of the initiatives he mentioned, Keewatin resupply ran its course and now we have taken direction and it is not going to go ahead. There are some initiatives that have been initiated by this government which is no longer there. The sales of assets and so forth, there are a lot of initiatives this government has taken to change the way we do business. Whenever there is change, there are always a lot of unanticipated problems that come with it, that are not foreseen. We try to deal with them as they arise. The main concern here is more accountability, knowing what issues are coming up and how they get dealt with. When this government or department is doing its work, they are involved in situations where a lot of decisions have to get made. The deputy ministers do their work and whenever they run into any problems, we try to deal with it. If there are problems, it comes to the Ministers and we try to deal with it. Thank you.
Jim Antoine on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 15th, 1998
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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