Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my final question in the directorate concerns the labour standards board and labour standards administration. I believe there have been some changes in the Labour Standards Board and labour standards administration. I have had some problems, over the course of the past year, with constituents who have filed labour standards complaints or actually getting information. There is, I believe a toll-free number available, but I think the caseload of the Labour Standards Board staff seems to be quite high because I know that the turn around time on some of their complaints has been quite long and, in some cases, maybe some people were not satisfied with the results. I wonder if the Minister or his staff could, indeed, tell us at this time, have there been decreases in Labour Standards Board staff? Is the phone number still available? Have you looked at advertising or maybe making people more aware of the activities of the Labour Standards Board? One of the problems I had was a unilingual person who had been working for a construction company. Is there a possibility, from the Labour Standards Board, to have Inuktitut speaking people available, or do they franchise that service out somehow? How do they get through? That was the concern I had because I did have a person who was unilingual and had applied or tried to contact him and had some problem. I wonder if there is any mechanism in place at the Labour Standard Board in those areas? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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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