Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In follow-up to my Member’s statement today, I have questions. I am not sure who they should be directed to because I’m talking about something that probably doesn’t really even fall under the purview of any Minister. I’m talking about the idea of how we manage our public service in the Northwest Territories.
Our territory has very many remote and far-flung regions, and as we sit here in this House today, there are people, public servants out in the communities all through our territory that are performing the functions of delivering programs and services to our constituents.
I think it would be safe to say, given the size of our public service, that at any given time there are
areas of our public service, areas of different departments that are in need of review. I think that some indicators could tell us whether there were problems or not, and I’m talking about sometimes things that are slightly intangible such as morale. I think you could probably tell a lot about the efficiency of certain activities if you knew how many people working in that division or that area were off on stress leave, for example.
I’d like to know what is currently in place. What vehicle do we currently have in place for assessing this, other than the deputy minister, who would be located here in Yellowknife, having to follow up and monitor all of those activities and potential problems? Thank you.