Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to an oral question asked by Mr. Bell on November 15th regarding whether the recommendations from the report of the Student Working Group on Student Graduate Employment would be enacted by Christmas break.
As mentioned in an earlier response, the Department of the Executive is working with NorthWin to quickly implement an online student employment Web site. This Web site will allow students to apply online for summer employment. The contract for the Web site is being awarded this week. While there will be an attempt to get the site up and running by late December, corporate human resource services will also be advising students of how they can submit applications either in person or online during the Christmas break for possible summer employment in 2001.
In terms of the other recommendations in the report, they will be reviewed by a committee of human resource practitioners over the coming months with the objective of revising and improving the student summer employment program for summer 2001.
Mr. Bell also asked about possible employment over the Christmas period for students. While some students may be home early enough to obtain a short period of casual employment, the mandatory leave days mean there is limited casual work over the Christmas break within government. Thank you.