Mr. Chairman, I have very great difficulty with this. If you are totally outnumbered on the divisional council, you cannot negotiate very much. I know that this past summer there were some very serious concerns in one of the schools where the local authority wanted to hire someone and they were not able to. It was because they were not able to negotiate control. We are saying that we are giving control to the local authorities, well, we are not. If they are not big enough to dominate the divisional council, particularly in the case of my constituents who are one small part of a huge community services board, they are totally intimidated and totally out of their league when they are trying to get things. Hopefully, the ministry will look at these types of situations and assist those smaller authorities so they can actually get real control over their schools. I would like to ask the Minister if he could ensure that this does occur?
Roy Erasmus on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 2nd, 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
March 2nd, 1998
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Roy Erasmus Yellowknife North
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