Mr. Chairman, first of all, we do not have an exemption right now, we don't have it yet. This legislation is to get that exemption. We have our own Human Rights Act. There is a provision in the Canadian Human Rights Act to allow us to do what we're doing here, which is basically to transfer the rights our government employees have under the Canadian Human Rights Act to our own legislation. So we can do this and we apply for an exemption that allows or enables our employees to be protected under the NWT Human Rights Act. So as soon as this legislation is passed, then we will apply for the exemption. There's no time limit on it. I don't think there's any time limit. But we would expect that we have our own human rights legislation we want to apply to our people, so we would make the application right away. Thank you.
Joe Handley on Bill 14: An Act To Amend The Public Service Act
In the Legislative Assembly on June 11th, 2003. See this statement in context.
Bill 14: An Act To Amend The Public Service Act
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
June 10th, 2003
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