Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think it's important, too, to remember that a position is shown as vacant when you run those reports, even when it's filled by a casual. There are an awful lot of positions, particularly at the North Slave Correctional Centre, which are filled by casuals right now because of the transition period now while we're waiting to see whether or not anybody is interested in a transfer who is affected. Those positions are still being held and filled by casuals. The positions won't necessarily be filled immediately until we finish our human resources plan, which is something that's been under development for a while. Again, without some detailed review, I can't tell you whether or not we have 10 percent of the positions in Justice vacant or not. I think it's important to remember that even when we do those runs, those 49 positions may have shown as vacant on that day even if most of them were filled with casuals. Because when a casual is filling the position, it still shows as vacant. We have been running with a very high number of casuals out of North Slave.
Charles Dent on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 7th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 7th, 2005
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