Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Of the six vacant positions, we are actively seeking to staff at this point in time. They are very important for us in being able to maintain the levels of programs and services that we need to deliver across the NWT. The first position we’re working to staff is our advisor on French language services. Very important for us to be able to uphold the role that we have to play under the French Language Strategic Plan in ensuring that we’re able to provide French language services where we have an active offer as a government to people of the NWT to be able to receive services in French.

The second position we have is a benefits officer and medical travel in Behchoko, and that’s one we’ve been struggling to fill for a while. We are providing some support from our headquarters office for that work at this time.

The third is a compensation analysis and design officer. It’s very important for some of the preparatory work that we do around preparations for collective bargaining and for tracking our compensation analysis as part of our labour relations work.

The fourth is a help desk supervisor position. We’re really working to support and enhance the level of support we’re able to give to employees through our help desk, which is where employees are able to call when they have any questions on their specific pay, benefits or terms of employment.

The fifth one that we’re working to staff is an intern of a benefits officer. We’re big believers in internships to be able to give young Northerners who have graduated recently with work opportunities, and we do know there are number of interns that come with general administration and business degrees and diplomas where this would be, potentially, a very good fit.

The sixth position we’re looking to staff imminently is a policy analyst position, which we’ve been working on for some time.