That is correct. There are positions in the facility today that are contract staff, whe
ther it’s laundry services or food services,
dietary. Those are going to be part of BHP’s facilities management and building management in the future, but they are not GNWT staff. Only nine GNWT positions will be impacted.
I would like to add, Mr. Chair, that this is a significantly larger facility than the one we have available to us today, and we actually anticipate, in order to provide the full scope of services that are going to be in that building, requiring additional positions just like we needed additional positions in Hay River and other facilities when we’ve constructed them, there will be a number of new positions created as a result of this build.