Government Operations committee  That's interesting. In the north, you have to put the people first. I think when it comes to business, if you don't put the people first, you're going to lose them. As hard as it is to find alternative places to go to buy products and to find services, sometimes people will mak

Government Operations committee  In total there are just over 10,000, and that number fluctuates just because of the industries that our numbers work in.

Government Operations committee  The employment rate numbers just came out in the Northwest Territories.

Government Operations committee  You're referring to the relationship between management and workers?

Government Operations committee  Yes, I can keep this short. Basically what you just described is classic business management, and my view on new world management is basically that it's not the people who work for you, it's the people you work with, and management has to be the one to create the environment in w

Government Operations committee  The number one objective for any public service should be self-sustainability, but if it's able to generate a profit that can then be reinvested into the Canadian economy and into Canadian communities, why not make generating a profit a priority?

Government Operations committee  It's such a loaded question. You know what, taxpayers have paid for tons of poor decisions made by governments and public services, so with that I'm...it's not that I refuse to answer it, it's that the context of it is—

Government Operations committee  That's a loaded question. Should taxpayers ever be responsible for the mismanagement or poor decisions that are made by its elected leaders or public services? Taxpayers ultimately pay those costs.

Government Operations committee  Interesting. I've had questions like that come up quite a bit over the last couple of years in this business. How much credit is management in business due for the work they do? I would say, to some extent, yes, everybody deserves credit for the work they put in to it, but we onl

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much to the committee. Welcome to Yellowknife. I hope you enjoy your very short visit here. The Northern Territories Federation of Labour welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the Canada Post review. I'd like to just recognize first that we are on the tradi

Electoral Reform committee  As far as mandatory voting is concerned, how do you sell that to people? Are you going to put out advertisements and say that if people don't vote, these are the consequences? You're basically putting an even worse taste in people's mouths. You get them to associate punishment wi

Electoral Reform committee  Simply put, listen to the people. Respect that some people in the north have lived here for their entire lives. I love the reality shows, and a good example is Survivor. That's great. Throw a couple of people out in some tropical place and watch them survive. If you want to hav

Electoral Reform committee  I wouldn't say I had assumptions about politics being about anger and attack. I think that before an election and after an election are two completely different periods, and when somebody is trying to get elected, the atmosphere and the environment is different from after they've

Electoral Reform committee  I'd have to agree. I can't speak for everybody who lives in the north. I can speak for myself and for the people that I know where they stand on the issue. In life there's the old saying that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But when there's conflict, conflict evokes change, and

Electoral Reform committee  Are you asking whether or not we should have a referendum?