So the Hay River employees are actually outside of the public service. They have their own human resource manual, they have their own collective agreement, they have their own pension plan. They aren't part of Superann because they are outside of the public service. Every year the employees pay into their pension, but the pension also pays out people who have retired. In order to ensure that they are fluid, that they are a viable pension plan, they end up having to come back and ask for additional money every year, and this has gone on for a long time. I remember back in 2005 when I was working with Hay River Health and Social Services to bring it all under one authority, at that time, the government considered taking over and bringing them into the public service. It has cost us almost $1 million dollars a year since then just to keep their pension viable. We anticipate that will continue to be the case until such a time as we either find a way to bring them into the public service. That's pretty much it actually.
Glen Abernethy on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on June 13th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
June 12th, 2016
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