Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Member is correct in his quoting of the numbers of the amount of people who have counted themselves as disabled when they've applied for positions or have positions within the Government of the Northwest Territories. The numbers, in fact, since our tracking from 1991, are very similar throughout the years. They haven't changed much. Part of the issue, Mr. Speaker, is the fact that when somebody applies for a position within the government, they have to identify if in fact they are disabled or not and some people who are working within the government have not identified themselves as disabled. The issue around the affirmative action policy, much of the focus of that policy is around aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories being hired in positions. What we're looking at doing is working on an employment equity policy to take over what the affirmative action policy has been identified to do and work on from that benefit to try to ensure that people who apply for positions within the Government of the Northwest Territories that identify whether they are an affirmative action candidate or a disabled candidate would receive the priority that they're entitled to. Thank you
Floyd Roland 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.
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Question 13-15(5): Barriers To Government Employment Experienced By Persons With Disabilities
Item 6: Oral Questions
May 30th, 2006
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