Thank you, Madam Chair. In terms of the program, the real difference is in approach. As I said earlier, an Affirmative Action Program is one where you run a job competition and then when people who meet the qualification level and also have priority status, then they are offered the job ahead of those who don't have priority status. But in that process, you just wait until that happens. With an employment equity program, you are in a better position to target, to undertake training initiatives, special identification and mentoring initiatives, targeted hiring. There are a number of different mechanisms you can use that are then brought into play to improve the government's ability to hire persons with priority.
Charles Dent on Committee Motion 50-15(5): Implementation Of The Third-party Accountability Framework, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on March 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 50-15(5): Implementation Of The Third-party Accountability Framework, Carried
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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