Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. When we started to look at the additional workload and file load for the Department of Human Resources front-line staff in supporting the additional positions that are included moving forward in the 2014-15 Main Estimates as a result of devolution and the organizational design that’s gotten underway, we took a very conservative approach on this. We ideally would have liked to have requested more positions. We were very mindful, however, that this was not an exercise in trying to expand our scope or expand our footprint.
We’re very mindful that the bulk of the new positions that are coming, a significant number are spread throughout the regions. I believe that there’s about 50 directly related devolution positions in the regions, plus another 50 positions that are going into the regions, as well, which is very good. We will look at the support that we need to provide for any of the staffing actions around that, at least initially from our devolution team, which is made up of a client service manager and two human resource officers outside of Yellowknife.
Again, with so many of the positions that are vacant being in Yellowknife, that’s where we ended up putting these positions to start with. It doesn’t mean that we won’t be looking, in the future, for opportunities as they arise, as we need to respond to supporting departments where they have the terms of most staffing and terms of employment work underway. Thank you very much.