Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, this -- I'm glad that we got this report done. The work that we did in this report, you know, one thing that I have to say about the -- this priority and this report is that when we came into this House, this was a priority of one of the things that I discussed in my campaign. This was something that as a hiring manager and as an employee, as an Indigenous employee of the GNWT for many years, you know, I lived a lot of these things. So I want to also -- so I want to thank the people that came forward and the people of the Northwest Territories that shared with us their concerns with this. This has been many years in the making. Like, we've had the Affirmative Action Policy. There's been so many issues with the affirmative action policies. We needed to move that needle. The Minister of Finance who is the Minister of human resources with all her other portfolios under that title, you know, I know that her department -- and I want to thank her department of all the work that they've also been doing. You know, since we got in this House, raising the -- you know, all these programs in this House has actually maxed out a lot of the Indigenous recruitment programs, you know, we've highlighted a lot of the things in this government and, you know, I've met with the Minister; I've met with Minister and her staff on HR issues. So they've been very live to a lot of the issues. And so this report, you know, being able to table this report and put these recommendations, I know that the framework, a lot of the framework that they -- the Indigenous Recruitment Framework, they line up with, and so I'm hoping that when we do get our response in 120 days, we are going to be so happy. And so again, like I said, that -- for general comments, I just wanted to -- you know, I could talk to every one of these motions but I won't today. There might be a couple I might title just to clarify and, again, like I said, thanks to the people of the Northwest Territories, we are working for you. We did hear you, and we're trying to make this change. And I think this legislative has really upped the ante on this Indigenous recruitment and improving the numbers. So I thank Cabinet, and I thank all the Members for making this stand out. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Lesa Semmler on Committee Motion 450-19(2): Committee Report 49-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the 2021-22 Review of the Official Languages Act - Response to Recommendations, Carried
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Committee Motion 450-19(2): Committee Report 49-19(2): Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the 2021-22 Review of the Official Languages Act - Response to Recommendations, Carried
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