Thank you, Madam Chairperson. Madam Chairperson, as an Executive and responsible for this department, we are fully aware of the concerns raised by the honourable Member and all the other Members in the House with regard to the whole area of hiring. I know there was a concern of the question as to why did the government do away with the Department of Personnel and so forth. What the government had done was to decentralize and turn the responsibility of this operation to the departments. Since becoming Premier, I have emphasized with the Ministers and the Deputy Ministers that the responsibility for following the policies in hiring people and trying to comply with the affirmative action is the responsibility of the Ministers and deputy ministers. That is the direction that this government has taken. At the same time, we are looking at the problem caused by the policy of the internal hiring. I think that may have caused a problem with people in the north who have certain skills that they would like to share with the rest of us and working for government. We are seriously looking at changing that in the next little while.
Jim Antoine on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on April 20th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 19th, 1999
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
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