Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are concerned about those kinds of situations and I personally intervene to ensure that our policies are adhered to -- I did that last year -- to ensure that students...We do have a situation where we want to hire our own students who graduate from the teacher education program, for example, in our schools. We start at the maximizing northern employment program. It is an excellent program, one that is working, to all intents and purposes, very, very well. We are finding that people are coming back to the Territories to work. There are cases where individuals have had difficulty finding work in some cases. They couldn't get the job in the specific community that they wished. One of the concerns we have is that we can't guarantee employment to individuals in their specific choice of community, but there are also some people who have perhaps fallen through the cracks and not been employed, and that is of concern to me. I am very concerned that our teachers who graduate are not being employed. However, they must be aware of the fact that they can't be guaranteed employment in a specific community. Sometimes that's just not available. If I know that we have graduates who are not being employed, then we can certainly follow through with that to see what we can do on our part, Mr. Chair.
Jake Ootes on Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
In the Legislative Assembly on February 26th, 2003. See this statement in context.
department Of Education, Culture And Employment
Bill 3: Appropriation Act, 2003-2004
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 25th, 2003
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