Mr. Speaker, Return to Written Question 15-13(5), asked by Mr. Picco, to the Chairman of the Financial Management Board, concerning discussions regarding Nunavut civil servants.
There have been ongoing discussions between the Office of the Interim Commissioner (OIC), the Government of the Northwest Territories and the Union of Northern Workers regarding a Labour Relations protocol that would deal with employee issues leading up to and following the creation of two new territories on April 1, 1999.
This matter was most recently raised during collective bargaining with the Union of Northern Workers in early May. The parties concluded that the issue needed to be dealt within a different forum where the OIC representatives could be directly involved. Further discussions are required involving all three parties in order to finalize any agreement.