Thank you, deputy minister. Ms. Bisaro.
Debates of Feb. 9th, 2015
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February 8th, 2015
Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. At this time, the time frame for recruitment is the same.
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The Chair Robert Bouchard
Thank you, Minister Beaulieu. Committee, we’re on page 239, management and recruitment services, operations expenditures, $4.393 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Management and recruitment services, active positions, information item. Questions?
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Agreed.
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The Chair Robert Bouchard
Page 243, regional operations, operations expenditure summary, $3.397 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Page 244, regional operations, active positions, information item. Questions?
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Some Hon. Members
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Page 247, strategic human resources, operations expenditures, $8.339 million. Mr. Dolynny.
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Daryl Dolynny Range Lake
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?
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Desjardins
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently, we are looking at different kinds of communication to enhance the culture of safety with this government to provide some support and services to our clients, as well as looking at other communication strategies for this culture shift of safety in this government and working with other stakeholders on tools and services that we could provide for clients to make safety as a number one priority for us in HR and communicate that across to our client groups.
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Daryl Dolynny Range Lake
Besides working on communication, what is the department doing to establish government-wide occupational health and safety training programs?
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Desjardins
Safety, according to the act, is based on the needs of the positions and why you
do risk assessments, so it’s really the departments that assess what their risks are to implement safety. We do have some programs that are provided through one of our contractors and we have safety for supervisors and employees as well.
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Daryl Dolynny Range Lake
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?
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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe
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.
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Daryl Dolynny Range Lake
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.
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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe
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.