Thanks, Mr. Chair. Have we gotten better or have we gotten worse?

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. At this time, the time frame for recruitment is the same.

What is that time frame? Eight weeks? Six weeks? Ten weeks? Twelve weeks?

The time frame is between six weeks and eight weeks.

Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. Committee, we’re on page 239, management and recruitment services, operations expenditures, $4.393 million.

Management and recruitment services, active positions, information item. Questions?

Page 243, regional operations, operations expenditure summary, $3.397 million.

Page 244, regional operations, active positions, information item. Questions?

Page 247, strategic human resources, operations expenditures, $8.339 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The issue of workplace safety comes under this activity summary, and with that my question goes to the Minister here. What does the GNWT do, specifically the Department of HR, to support a culture of safety within the GNWT?

Besides working on communication, what is the department doing to establish government-wide occupational health and safety training programs?

I’m hearing a bit of a tonality of defiance here that it’s not my job to be doing this, which is quite puzzling, because HR, really, is the funnelling aspect that departments look upon to create this so-called safety culture net.

We heard about a contractor. Is this the gold standard? Are we using this contractor to provide these training programs, and if so, are these training programs system-wide for all departments to use?

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Minister Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Department of Human Resources is committed to health and safety and wellness of its employees and to providing a healthy and safe work environment that minimizes risks in the workplace injuries, minimizing risk to workplace injuries, accidents and illnesses. HR is currently developing a robust occupational health and safety program that meets legislative requirements under the Safety Act and general Safety Regulations. The program is near completion and will be available within the coming months for HR staff. The complete program is intended to be shared with other departments to give our stakeholders tools and resources to ensure they are meeting compliance and legislation. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, I do appreciate that paid political announcement.

Can the Minister indicate how many coordinators that we have in our government dedicated to safety? Thank you.

Mr. Chair, each department has a health and occupational safety coordinator, but it’s not that individual’s position. It would be a position where a person in the government is responsible for that position. Each department has one. Some of the departments that have maybe more… Some of the positions where we’ve had more incidents for, health and safety would have an actual health and safety occupational coordinator position, but I could maybe add to that by just asking the director to indicate which departments would have their own.