N.W.T. gov’t to set Indigenous hiring targets within public service – CBC

Feb 10, 2022

Finance officials presented on their Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Framework and Action Plan Wednesday

Northwest Territories finance officials say they have a plan for increasing Indigenous representation and leadership in the public service, and that each government department will be setting Indigenous hiring targets.

“This is new, there haven’t been targets before,” Finance Minister Caroline Wawzonek said at a public hearing on the government’s Indigenous Recruitment and Retention Framework on Wednesday.

“There certainly haven’t been public targets or enforceable targets, and those targets certainly haven’t been tied to the evaluation of the performance of the senior management team.”

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