Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you,

Mr. Chairman. I’ll have my deputy minister give those details.

Mr. Neudorf.

To continue just where I left off, has that person been given notice that they’re laid off, or do they have another position they’ll be sliding into?

The person is being given notice, and we do have a plan for that person.

Thank you to both the deputy and the Minister, of course. The unit that this data-entry clerk came from: how large of a unit was that?

Can I have the Member repeat the question? I wasn’t following.

Certainly. Mr. Hawkins, would you please repeat the question?

Thank you. How large of a unit was it that the data-entry clerk came from? In other words, how many staff in that particular unit did the same or a similar job?

Thank you,

Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Neudorf.

I thank the deputy minister for seeing right through my question, which was: how are they going to deal with the workload? I’m glad to hear that’s been thought of, because that would have led into my next question, about the evaluation. So obviously they did some evaluation.

I have just one last question in this particular area at this time. It certainly has to do with how this position was selected — not so much in the sense that it’s a fact you had to find a position to reduce, but more in the sense of an evaluation. In some units, as I understand it, there were four people there. They decided they can only fund three positions. They go to a competition. I was just curious on how this particular position was singled out.

I'm not saying I like that sort of carnivore process. I don't think that's healthy for a good organization. But in some cases we had said we had preferred more of a strategic approach to how a position was reduced. This appears to be strategic, as in someone was singled out. I'm just curious on why that process seems to be a little different from other processes done and followed through by other departments.

My understanding, and through the process we've carefully looked at all the positions — the potential affected positions — is that we could accommodate this position here.

Mr. Chairman, I’ll carefully accept that answer.

We’re on Active

Positions, information item, page 9-9. Agreed?

Department of Transportation, Department

Summary, Active Positions — By Community, information item, approved.

Moving on to page 9-10. Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you very much,

Mr. Chairman. With respect to airport landing and other fees, I would just like to know: does the Minister have a breakdown of the fees by airport?

Minister Yakeleya.

Yes, we certainly can accommodate the Member for Nahendeh in terms

of…. We can certainly come forward with the information. We don’t have it right in front of us here. However, we’d be happy to fulfill his request in terms of the airport fees.

I was just trying to get some facts, but maybe I’ll just ask the Minister directly. In terms of airports’ busyness, in terms of volume of traffic, I’d just like to know: where does the Fort Simpson Airport stand in that regard? I know that Yellowknife’s our busiest. Maybe the Minister can break down the level of activity. Which is the most? He doesn’t have to go all the way to the least. I was just trying to find out where Fort Simpson fits in terms of that, Mr. Chair.

Mr. Chair, the busiest is the Territorial Yellowknife Airport here. The second busiest airport is the Norman Wells Airport, followed by the Inuvik Airport. From there, we would have to get this information to the Member in terms of the busyness of all the airports in the North here. We’ll be happy to oblige him very shortly in getting the numbers as to the busyness. We just would require time to get the information over to him.

Did he say he was going to get that shortly or tomorrow or next week? When was I going to get that response, Mr. Chair?

Mr. Chair, we’ll get it for the Member tomorrow.