Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister responsible for Human Resources, the Honourable Floyd Roland, and I do hope that the rest of Cabinet is paying close attention to the questions that I have today. Two numbers to keep in mind, Mr. Minister, as I outlined in my Member's statement earlier, 13 percent of our population suffers from a disability of some kind and only .4 percent of our current workforce is comprised of persons with disabilities. Mr. Minister, this only confirms that any existing measures to increase these numbers are woefully inadequate and it doesn't seem to bother the GNWT that this is the case, because it is blatantly obvious to me that over the past 10 years these numbers haven't gone anywhere, but stayed stagnant. It doesn't appear that the Government of the Northwest Territories is willing to do anything about it. The Government of the Northwest Territories' policy states that the government is committed to a competent public service that is representative of the population it serves. Also it states that the government should be a role model for affirmative action in the Northwest Territories. Since the government has practically no representation of the disabled community within its own public service, I'd like to ask the Minister what he is willing to do to correct the gross under representation of this community of people. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
David Ramsay on Question 13-15(5): Barriers To Government Employment Experienced By Persons With Disabilities
In the Legislative Assembly on May 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.
Question 13-15(5): Barriers To Government Employment Experienced By Persons With Disabilities
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 30th, 2006
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