Thank you to the Member for those comments. Some of the positions in the regions are at the territorial library located in Hay River; the Indigenous Language and Education Secretariat, for the most part located at headquarters. This is also where you'll find the Francophone Affairs Secretariat, which is 14 positions, and that is located in Yellowknife. Then the bulk of the positions are actually the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre staff, and so people who need to be on-site. I understand what the Member is saying. We often, in government, think or say that it's more efficient to run things out of Yellowknife. It's a larger centre, more economies of scale, but if you start breaking it down and all of a sudden you have, instead of a couple of dozen people in a regional centre, you have a couple of hundred, now you have those economies of scale spread across the territory. That's something I'm constantly thinking about. I have regular discussions with my departments about that: how can we put positions in the regions? I appreciate the Member's comments, and we will get him the information that he has requested. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Committee Motion 75-19(2): Tabled Document 286-19(2): Main Estimates 2021-2022 - Finance - Deferral of Department (page 137), Carried
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Committee Motion 75-19(2): Tabled Document 286-19(2): Main Estimates 2021-2022 - Finance - Deferral of Department (page 137), Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 9th, 2021
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