Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There has been work done in the past and departments have used that to try to be prepared, but like I said earlier, we've also learned from past experiences with the larger development that's happened in the Northwest Territories. It's not to say that this one position will make everything better within every department. This position would help alleviate the workload now and allow us to better use our time and respond quicker and develop and gather the information, so that departments can react in a more timely fashion, can build into their business plans and do these things. So on its own, one position can have a significant impact by its ability to work with other departments. That's working within an existing area. To stand on its own if we were just creating this position and putting it out there on its own, it would be overwhelmed with the requirements out there and requests being made by departments. At this time, it was felt that with our existing structure that's in place to get the information together, to help departments, so that they can use the information in a more timely fashion. As I stated earlier, if we decided that this was not going to be done with the existing or additional resources and we had to live within the existing resources that are now there, that would just put us further down the line in the sense of timing. We wouldn't be able to react as quickly as we could if we had an additional position to help us deal with this and come up with the accurate modelling that departments can use. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 1st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Others Matters
June 1st, 2004
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