Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we know, the Workers' Compensation Board is a joint board which represents Nunavut and ourselves but, again, the services that they do provide are basically centralized out of Yellowknife and Iqaluit. They also have regional offices, or staff, in Rankin Inlet and Inuvik. Again, the request to have more people in different communities, it's in response to either an increase in development, oil and gas in one particular region or mining in another. I think that we have to be cognizant that where we need resource people is connected to where those activities are happening. Again, I know the Member raised this question before and I did put it forward to the chairman of the board to take another look at it to see exactly how we can ensure that when we put people in different areas, that we have some formula or some mechanism to do that. I did put the request in and they are looking at it.
David Krutko on Question 398-15(5): Decentralization Of Workers' Compensation Board Functions And Services
In the Legislative Assembly on February 22nd, 2007. See this statement in context.
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Item 6: Oral Questions
February 21st, 2007
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