Thank you, Madam Speaker. We are not specifically targeting men with this program. The intention at this point is to target Indigenous Aboriginal Northerners with respect to the framework, and that would include everything from ensuring that we look at the recruitment front end of it. If there's more Indigenous Northerners applying, I suppose if there are more Indigenous male Northerners applying, then that is more opportunity to have them hired. Once they are hired, if they are again able to participate in lots of the different programs that are currently available, whether it's management, training, whether it's the secondment opportunities, if they're able to participate in those programs, then they're moving up in the programs. If every department has targets within their departments, then each one can be held accountable to ensure that those things are happening. All of that is part of the framework that starts from even before someone is hired right up to the point of succession to senior management. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
Hon. Caroline Wawazonek on Question 473-19(2): Indigenous Male Employment within the Government of the Northwest Territories
In the Legislative Assembly on November 4th, 2020. See this statement in context.
Question 473-19(2): Indigenous Male Employment within the Government of the Northwest Territories
Oral Questions
November 4th, 2020
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Caroline Wawazonek
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