Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to ask some questions to the Minister of Health and Social Services in regards to the labour situation at Nats'ejee K'eh. Mr. Speaker, I am not clear. Certainly, I sense that it is a great deal of concern to all of us that the valuable program being offered at that centre is no longer being offered, that the clients are outside of the NWT jurisdiction getting their treatment and that 22 of our employees or our residents are off the job. I do not understand exactly how we could accept the situation that looks a lot like a replacement worker situation. Although we don't have workers coming into this facility and doing the job, certainly by moving the clients elsewhere the effect is the same. I think it is a situation that really considerably weakens the workers' and union's position in this labour dispute. It is a situation that this government as a third party or the outside party, as the government likes to see itself, should allow to continue. I would like to know whether or not this government has looked into the situation to see if this is in breach of any contract revision to have moved these programs to outside of the NWT. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Sandy Lee on Question 222-15(5): Disruption Of Service At Nats'ejee K'eh Treatment Centre
In the Legislative Assembly on October 30th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 222-15(5): Disruption Of Service At Nats'ejee K'eh Treatment Centre
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 29th, 2006
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