Yes; just to remind the Minister, this person was a government employee. He was not on contract to provide fire services. This guy is an employee of this government who basically was a seasonal employee. This person has built his career around that position for $27,000 a year. This
government is basically, you know…. And yet you could put six positions in Yellowknife for $600,000, at a cost of $100,000 per person, and not even blink.
I’d like to ask the Minister: why is it that you had no problem eliminating the position for $27,000, in which this person’s livelihood is on the line? And I have three other people in my community who are government employees who were let go as part this process. I would fight for every one of those people’s positions, knowing that there’s going to be six so-called specialists hired who probably have never lived in the North in their lives, were hired from the south, brought up here with extra costs for moving costs and isolation, removal costs, and get to well over $600,000 by the time they get set up and move them into an office.
Yet you have no qualms about getting rid of somebody for $27,000. I find that pathetic.