There are five out of 5,000. How do you want them to serve the population? That doesn't mean those five positions will still be filled next year. Mr. Bélanger did a good job of showing that: the budget envelope has stayed the same for years now. And yet the Yukon government wants to sign a pay increase agreement for all its employees.
They're entitled to pay increases; that's fine. However, when the pie remains the same size and more people eat it, there's a problem. For example, I was born to a family of 10 children. There were 12 of us in all. When there was just one pie for the 12 of us, we only got small pieces of pie. We also had guests who would come to eat at our place and there wasn't any more pie; so someone gave up his share. That's what they're doing: they're providing a service, and then, at some point, the service disappears. A nurse in a designated bilingual position for early childhood services leaves Yukon and her position isn't filled. She's replaced by an anglophone employee. At the Department of Health, which is obviously the most important department for health services, there's only one person in a designated bilingual position for the entire Yukon.