Mr. Chairman, although I don’t see the word “survey,” I suspect this is the same area. It’s not under Employer of Choice. I assume it’s under this Corporate Human Resources section, which is what probably conducts the survey specific to the employee satisfaction survey.
Now, I do see in the detail where it talks about surveys and interest surveys, but recently there was a survey done — I think in February — and, oddly enough, it seemed to have coincided with the release of that 135-person lay-off notice as well as, of course ironically, with the $135 million reduction. I was just wondering when I had a chance to briefly go through the survey and I noticed that…. Well, I didn’t see too many people happy. It looked like a
lot of people felt they were not being appreciated in the system. It looked like a lot of people didn’t understand how they fit in the system or were recognized throughout the system.
I’m just wondering what the Minister is doing with that survey, because I thought it was quite a shocking thing to see how many unhappy people we had in the public service. Yes, there were some happy people, as you could see from the survey remarks, but in large part it wasn’t a positive look. What’s the plan to turn that around? I mean, there must be some strategy.