Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I am assuming the Member is asking where we are as far as bringing them into the public service. We are in the same place we were last year. We have not moved forward at this point. We still want to bring them in, but as I said in the previous government and early in this government, there are a number of things that have to happen first. We're kind of waiting to see what the lay of the land is, waiting for a number of collective agreements to be completed so we know what the lay of the land is. They are still ongoing. It has been quite longer than I think any of us anticipated. Once we know what the lay of the land is, we will be able to dig in a little bit more, figure out what the costs are, pension transfers, et cetera. We continue to quantify what some of those costs are going to be so that we are ready when the time comes. We believe that transfer of Hay River employees into public service could be anywhere from $18 to $23 million. Those numbers fluctuate from time to time. I have heard quite a range.
Glen Abernethy on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 8th, 2017
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