The Member has asked a number of questions there. The Labour Standards Board, to the best of my knowledge, or Labour Services has not been reduced. There has been a changeover in staff of the longest standing, serving, civil servant in the Northwest Territories, Eric Smith recently retired, and he has been replaced. I think there has probably been some growing pains with the new personnel there, but there will always be individual cases that proceed a little slower than some others. We are not aware of any real difficulties in labour standards, but if there are individual cases, certainly we welcome them being brought to our attention, and we will address any difficulties that we find. I am not sure if there is another part to the question. With respect to someone who is unilingual Inuktitut speaking, I am not sure if we have someone standing by on the hotline who can converse with that person, but I am sure arrangements could be made for an interpreter to be there in the event that someone did want to talk to Labour Services.
Mr. Cooper on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 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 18th, 1998
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