Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister responsible for the Public Service. Mr. Speaker, recognizing the importance of maintaining a strong, confident public service, this government some time ago adopted a staff retention policy. This committed the government to the retention, retraining and development of existing staff as required to provide job security, career development and to maintain a skilled, stable and confident public service.

Mr. Speaker, I believe that the staff retention policy is still in effect. I found it on our Government of the Northwest Territories web site, dated November 1, 2000.

Can the Minister confirm that the staff retention policy is still in force as shown on the web site?