Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This concern has been raised I think under our current setup and structure. If you use the Development Corporation, for example, the CEO is appointed by the Minister and so is the board chair, and this creates some issues and some concerns around reporting relationships. That is something we sought to rectify. Committee was very insistent and strong on this point, and we came to an agreement that the most appropriate way to handle this was to have the Minister in the end finally appoint the CEO, but the board would go out and conduct the hiring exercise, conduct a competition and come to the Minister with a short list. That's a different mechanism than we currently use now. But I think the Member will appreciate that we are voting public money to be used for the operation of this organization and, as such, I am accountable to the Legislature and to the public for the expenditure of those funds and can't give up that accountability or that responsibility. So it is important that we maintain that. But we have gone some measure, we believe, toward allowing the board to choose who the CEO will be, and think that this will improve both the culture of the new organization and the ability of the board to have more influence over their employees. Thank you.
Brendan Bell on Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 16th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 15th, 2005
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