Mr. Antoine, I believe the question was not how many were aboriginal, but how many were eligible under affirmative action? Mr. Antoine.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Mr. Chairman, there were five aboriginal people and six are indigenous, non-aboriginal, long-term which are under affirmative action, so a total of 11.
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
No. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the issue I raised regarding affirmative action, the Minister stated that he has some plan in place that he is presently looking at implementing. Is there a possibility of the Minister elaborating on that plan that he presently is looking at to ensure we increase the affirmative action numbers especially at this time, where this department deals with the aboriginal area which seems to be lacking in regard to the numbers of aboriginal people within this department?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the affirmative action policy has been with this government for a long time and with this ministry. However, we are very active in very key areas. We have 40 percent of senior management who are aboriginal, which is quite high compared to the other larger departments. We have looked at the ministry and there has been a review done and a report on the review. We are looking at ways on how to improve this ministry in regard to applying the affirmative action policy. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the efforts that the department is doing, is there any sort of training efforts made to entice the aboriginal employees who are in the lower ranks of the structure to allow them to develop their skills by taking different courses or programs to move up the ladder sooner? I speak more in line of what is going on in the east where there is a lot of effort made to train aboriginal people with division around the corner to ensure there are a lot of aboriginal people in the senior management area. What attempts are being made to develop these types of training programs within your department to entice the aboriginal people to continue on with your department but also allow them to move up the ladder a lot faster by taking different training programs?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we just received the review and the report about two weeks ago and as we go through the report to determine what needs to get done in this ministry, part of the overall strategy is to look at ways we could have aboriginal people come into this ministry here and if it requires training then that is what we have to do so that they become part of the ministry staff with the kind of knowledge that is required. Again, I must emphasize that even though we are a small department we are involved in a lot of real key land claims and self-government negotiations. It would be very useful if we had aboriginal people in some of these positions. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe yesterday I asked for a copy of the breakdown on the stats that the Minister mentioned with regard to the employees, different status of the different employees. He said he was going to get that to me and I was wondering how soon can that be made available? Also, he mentioned that the report has been concluded with regard to looking at the overall department and trying to find ways to improve that. Is there a possibility of getting that report also?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the request by the honourable Member for the status of the number of positions that we have, we will get that information to him tomorrow. As for the report, it is a confidential report for use addressed to myself and it is an internal document at this point in time because there are a lot of, perhaps you could say, very sensitive, confidential things in that report. It is not for the general public. It is an internal management tool. Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The report the Minister mentioned, will the management tool become a public document at some time so we can take a look at it?
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the purpose of this internal review is for the ministry to see how we have been operating and see where there are areas to be improved. We still have to go through the report, analyze it and implement some of the directions that are in the report. There is no plan at this time to make it a public document in the future. Thank you.
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The Chair Vince Steen
Thank you, Mr. Antoine. I am on active positions, page 2-42. I recognize Mr. Ningark.
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John Ningark Natilikmiot
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Recognizing the 21 positions here in this particular area are indeterminate full-time, that may carry us through division. Mr. Chairman, the transfer of PY from headquarters to the Nunavut area is imminent. If Mr. Minister has any information, how many of those 21 positions are looking after the operation of Nunavut? Thank you.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, with regard to the question, most of the present people in this ministry are working in the western area on the different claims that are there. With regard to Nunavut, the Division Secretariat has been taking the lead in that area in dealing with Nunavut and none of the employees except one in the vote 5 area in dealing with Nunavut implementation will be transferred to Nunavut upon division. Thank you.
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