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After months of physio etc I am ready to go back to work, phoned only to find out I will be on call again, hoping to have got term work at least, ie 3 months of steady work or 6 months, this is usually renewed again just before the term expires THIS IS NOT A THREAD TO BRING NEGATIVITY TO ANYONE JUST TO SHOW HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS UP HERE Being on call u may or may not get a call for a morning, afternoon or midnight shift, for the week u may get one or two shifts or non at all, pretty hard to budget There is a p1 status which is at the top relating to aboriginals There is a p2 status which states u have to have lived up here more than half your life Then there is a p3 which is who ever does not fit into the first two This applies to govt work up here Two of my sons acquaintances have recently been hired and trained for a similar position with no previous experience but because they are a p1 and the other a p2 they will be given term positions, while I have a combined 15 years experience, mostly from Ontario and some up here still have to sit at home waiting for a phone call to fill a shift or two Under the Affirmitive action plan it states"applicants interested in employment with the GNWT should identify their eligibility in the designated groups at the time of application in order to receive priority consideration under the AAP" On the cover letter they give how to type it up "I am an indigenous aboriginal and wish to be given priority consideration under the AAP I CAN APPRECIATE THIS AS THE ABORIGINALS HAVE HAD MANY LONG TERM AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOVT BUT I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE p2 status , just because u have not lived here for more than half your life, when u live here as a permanent resident, ie owning a house here and living here 12 months of the year which we do I don't see why someone with no experience can bump u out, what I mean by that is just because they are a p2 they can by the govt rules over ride u take the term position while u are left at home with years of related experience sitting by the phone waiting for someone to phone in sick, I wont get into job specifics but it covers virtually all job types within the govt sector I do not think people who have come from other countries and who have moved to Canada would wait half their life to be eligible for govt jobs in other provinces, I thought Canada was coast to coast to coast, just seems a little unfair, everyone should have an equal right to work anywhere in this great country, cheers