Thank you, Mr. Bell. Mr. Handley.
Debates of March 8th, 2002
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, no, not specific to that position, but there are a lot of senior managers in government whose contracts are at pleasure, so we would have a boilerplate contract for those.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would suggest to you that this one is significantly different. Would the Minister not agree?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
To my knowledge, no, it is not different than other at pleasure contracts. It would have similar provisions.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Can the Minister inform me as to how many other at pleasure contracts would have the degree of termination benefits that we have seen these two have?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, all of the deputy minister contracts, which are at pleasure contracts and probably, I do not know the exact number, three or four others, would have the same termination provisions.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First off, I have a real problem with how this has been characterized in the supplementary appropriation as costs associated with the Special Committee on Conflict Process. There may be some argument that the $161,500 in witness legal fees is related to the Special Committee on Conflict Process, but I have no understanding at all of how we could possibly lump what Mr. Handley has today called transition costs in as part of those costs. Could he give me some kind of explanation for that, please?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I think the resignations by these individuals was a fallout from the whole conflict process, and therefore, that is the reason they are put within this category. Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Fallout from the whole conflict process. There are an awful lot of things that we could probably characterize as being fallout from that process, but I think that if anything, it is making it more difficult for the public to appreciate just what the expenditure is when you hide it under that term. I am not convinced that is a proper way of putting this in. It should have been shown quite clearly as compensation and benefits on termination so there would be a better understanding on that. Who in the government normally negotiates and signs deputy minister contracts?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Chairman, these would normally be negotiated by the secretary to Cabinet and would be signed by the Premier.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister is saying that the normal process was followed. In a letter I received today from the Minister, which provided a little more information on these contracts, he notes that the process followed was similar to the manner in which several senior level positions have been implemented, including that of the principal secretary. Can he tell me how many have not followed this process?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, to my knowledge, all of the at pleasure contracts would follow the same process and would have followed the same process.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
So the normal process is that the senior person in the bureaucracy would negotiate and, I assume, first sign off on the contract before presenting them to the Premier for signature, is that correct?
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