Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it certainly is more complicated for a GNWT employee to do a transfer assignment into an organization like the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority, because it is outside the collective agreement. It is outside the public service. If an individual within the Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority was looking for a developmental opportunity, we could put him or her on a transfer assignment, which really would have no impact on the benefits. They would still be employees of the public service, and we could move them into a different job for a developmental opportunity.

If we wanted to do the same for an employee of Hay River, for instance, we wanted one of our RNs in Hay River to maybe come to Stanton and spend some time in the emergency room, which has a higher level of acuity and more challenging cases, that person would likely have to leave or at least go on a leave from the Hay River Health and Social Services, which could have adverse effects on their pension. They wouldn't be earning pension with Hay River, and then come on a job opportunity which they would probably have to apply for through normal processes.

There are certainly some drawbacks for the employees of the Hay River Authority, if they want to go to other areas of government and gain some skills. The same is true back, Mr. Speaker. We have an individual in one of our communities in the Northwest Territories, including Yellowknife, who wanted to go to Hay River for a developmental opportunity. They have a fantastic dialysis unit down there. Because it is a different public service, it would complicate our ability to put that individual in there. There is difficulty both ways.