Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the area of human resources and how we deal with boards and agencies, and in this situation now with the Tlicho Government and the arrangement that they're looking to make, is something that is not new to us. We have, on a number of occasions in the past as a government, tried to work with the boards out there that had hired staff outside the public service. That became an issue when we looked at our union agreements and how we operate as a government, and we had to make some changes in that area. So our hand has had to be changed in how we looked at dealing with boards and agencies and their ability to hire outside of the public service or the unions. That has been an area that we've had to address. We will look at this again to see what options might be out there, but that is a difficult situation; and until we get to a situation where we transfer all of the employees out of the public service or in that area, that might open that door, but that is somewhat in the future as the Tlicho Government takes on the programs and service delivery from this government. That may open that door, but at this time we're still delivering the program as a government, and through the arrangements that we have, that would continue to create a problematic area, as the Member has pointed out. So I'm willing to sit down with the Member to try to get a bit more detail on this to see what can be done, but from our past experience it's a very narrow bridge that we have to cross in how we deal with this. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 94-15(4): Tlicho Intergovernmental Services Agreement
In the Legislative Assembly on October 12th, 2005. See this statement in context.
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Question 94-15(4): Tlicho Intergovernmental Services Agreement
Item 6: Oral Questions
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