It’s hard to believe in this day and age, in this territory, that there are still

systemic barriers to Aboriginal people finding employment with the GNWT in positions for which they are qualified, yet we continue to hear evidence of such instances. If this is true, this is something that needs to be documented and addressed. On the other hand, if we’ve reached departmental or regional representation goals, what do we do for the people who want to find employment in those activities but cannot and feel that this is because they are not a priority hire candidate?

In the absence of any kind of appeal process for people looking for employment in the GNWT who are not already employees, what mechanism is there to register these kind of concerns from Aboriginal or non-Aboriginal people?

I’d like to thank the Minister of Human Resources for his statement today, which kind of ties in with the kinds of things I’m addressing. That’s not my entire statement but I’ll stop there and perhaps save some for the preamble in my questions.