Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I had asked some questions earlier under personnel services, and I know the Minister is committed to trying to increase Inuit involvement at our facility in Nunavut which is the BCC. Could the Minister or the staff, other than the training program that you talked about earlier, where you had two people out of nine, I think the figure was higher? What type of program or commitment is the department working on to increase Inuit employees at the Correctional Centre? When you gave the figure earlier, you said 25 percent, but I believe if you check your numbers on that 25 percent, you will find that indeed, that is everyone at the facility, including washers, janitorial staff and everything. I was thinking about the actual people involved in corrections themselves, wardens and so on. I am sure the Minister remembers a few years ago, we actually had the assistant warden who was an Inuk person. Somehow, that number over at the BCC has gone down very, very low. I have talked, as the Minister has, to some of the people working there and that is a concern. Exactly what will the department be doing about that?
Edward Picco 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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Edward Picco Iqaluit
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