Thank you, Mr.
Chair. My
comments in this section are going to sound very similar to the comments I’ve made in the other departments. I’m trying to reconcile in my brain the reductions in positions. Looking at this page, it looks like you’re reducing by four positions, yet I’m under the understanding that over five incumbents have been notified of potential layoff status. So first and foremost, I want to know exactly how many positions are in fact being eliminated from the Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment and of those positions which ones are vacant, which ones are filled, and what process or criteria were used in determining which ones should be eliminated and which ones should be kept within the department.