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Lack of housing for health staff SA国际影视传媒榲ery troubling,SA国际影视传媒 says Kivalliq MLA John Main

The Government of Nunavut has SA国际影视传媒榲ery limitedSA国际影视传媒 staff housing and Human Resources Minister David Akeeagok acknowledged on Sept. 10 that government departments are being asked to prioritize the positions that they advertise as having staff housing a benefit.
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SA国际影视传媒淭o hear that there is no staff housing available for somebody who could be a lifesaver makes the difference in terms of one of our constituents, one of our Nunavut residents, itSA国际影视传媒檚 very troubling to hear that our government is struggling to provide these very important professionals with staff housing,SA国际影视传媒 says Arviat North-Whale Cove MLA John Main. Photo courtesy of the legislative assembly

The Government of Nunavut has SA国际影视传媒榲ery limitedSA国际影视传媒 staff housing and Human Resources Minister David Akeeagok acknowledged on Sept. 10 that government departments are being asked to prioritize the positions that they advertise as having staff housing a benefit.

John Main, MLA for Arviat North-Whale Cove, described the situation as SA国际影视传媒渧ery troublingSA国际影视传媒 because itSA国际影视传媒檚 impacting the ability to recruit health professionals. He noted that 14 of 37 health positions were vacant in Arviat as of June 1 and eight of 16 jobs in Whale Cove were unfilled.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 my understanding that there is a prioritization schedule in which health professionals are supposed to be at the very top,SA国际影视传媒 Main said. SA国际影视传媒淭hese are among the most important positions in our communities, Mr. Speaker. These are people who we rely on to save lives in some cases. To hear that there is no staff housing available for somebody who could be a lifesaver

makes the difference in terms of one of our constituents, one of our Nunavut residents, itSA国际影视传媒檚 very troubling to hear that our government is struggling to provide these very important professionals with staff housing.SA国际影视传媒

Akeeagok acknowledged that health staff are at the top of the priority list, but the demand for staff housing has boomed.

SA国际影视传媒淚tSA国际影视传媒檚 no different from public housing and itSA国际影视传媒檚 the amount of stock that we have in terms of the number of staff housing,SA国际影视传媒 he said. SA国际影视传媒淭he housing corporation has a tender that has been on for any community to see if there are any leases that we can have and there are not enough houses in our communities to get that uptake. With a lot of combination of this, itSA国际影视传媒檚 just

we donSA国际影视传媒檛 have the stock.SA国际影视传媒

Main asked the minister to commit to ensuring that wages and compensation paid to NunavutSA国际影视传媒檚 health staff is competitive enough to recruit more workers.

Pointing out that thereSA国际影视传媒檚 a health-care worker shortage across the country, Akeeagok acknowledged that wages have to be SA国际影视传媒渁t par or betterSA国际影视传媒 to attract those workers to Nunavut.

The minister added that collective bargaining negotiations are underway with the Nunavut Employees Union, and that includes nurses.



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