Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Looking at the numbers of the affirmative action employees across the GNWT, and I believe we have about 1,608, that's a good indication that our government and the departments are serious about applying affirmative action into the positions that they open. However, having said that, I've also, in my initial briefing with the department when I first got Human Resources, I made it quite clear that I would be watching very closely the number of affirmative action employees that were hired. I want to make it quite clear, though, that a lot of these employees, I want them to be hired, put into positions, based on merit. We have a lot of good employees out there with a lot of good qualifications. Thank you.
Robert C. McLeod on Question 374-18(2): Representative Public Service
In the Legislative Assembly on October 20th, 2016. See this statement in context.
Question 374-18(2): Representative Public Service
Oral Questions
October 20th, 2016
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