Thank you, Madam Chairperson. If we use that example, I would have all kinds of caution for the hamlet. It is very expensive to recruit and they would not be given a budget that would allow them to be out there across Canada recruiting on their own, in my opinion. My suggestion is that they would not want to be independent of the regional board as it relates for recruitment. You can have all the flexibility you want, in terms of setting salaries, but you have to pay what the market demands and you only get so much money. You have to be very responsible in terms of what that flexibility translates into when you make decisions. I do not think that having the ability to do it necessarily makes one want to take all those responsibilities. Somewhere along the way, the hamlet can become very formally involved in the recruitment, to participate in interviewing and provide for a better way to have health reporting put in place at the same time social and police reporting so that there can be a better integration of the kinds of responses for residents. Thank you.
Mr. Ramsden on Committee Motion 23-13(5): To Establish A Child Advocate In The NWT Before Division
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 23-13(5): To Establish A Child Advocate In The NWT Before Division
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 24th, 1998
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