In regard to the layoffs themselves, the numbers I came up with…. There are about 60 individuals who are going to be laid off in the two areas that I mentioned, in Justice and in Transportation. There are a few forestry jobs, but most of those are contract positions. I’d just like to know if you have the actual number of aboriginal employees who are going to be eliminated under these job cuts.
Also, how much would that decrease our affirmative action numbers in the workforce? You mentioned the majority
of people are not P1 positions, yet 60
people in the public workforce is a lot of people in regard to P1 candidates. Again, especially in the area of Justice and Transportation, a lot of these people probably won’t be able to work themselves back into the public service because of those so-called skills that they follow — in regard to transportation. More of them are dealing with marine operations and also in regard to airports. But the other one dealing with Justice is more on Corrections, and again, those are two areas to fill. In those other positions you are going to have to probably retrain them to put them in another job setting.
Do you have the numbers in regard to individuals we are talking about? Also, what does that do to the percentage of affirmative action candidates in this government?