Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I had been made aware of concerns at a presentation to the potential graduation class for 2007 of our Nursing Program. To set the record straight of how we've implemented the policy, there's still a commitment by this government to hire all of our graduating nurses in the Northwest Territories and find suitable employment for them in one of our health authorities around the territory. So the commitment's there. We will continue to honour that commitment. It includes a number of things. One, for example, Mr. Speaker, when a graduation class is done their program, we offer immediate employment through either Stanton or one of our other health authorities, other facilities in the Territories, and that is done even though they don't receive their full licence. They operate under a temporary licence and still would be under the guidance of a supervisor at that point. It usually takes about three months and then they would fall under the regular category of our hiring practices. Thank you.
Floyd Roland on Question 231-15(5): Hiring Practices For Northern Nursing Graduates
In the Legislative Assembly on October 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Question 231-15(5): Hiring Practices For Northern Nursing Graduates
Item 6: Oral Questions
October 30th, 2006
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