We believe that one of the ways to increase jobs is to work with people in the communities, to give them some capacity so that they can do a lot of the work that's required in a community. I know that projects that come into a community, if we can find ways to have the local people do the jobs, that would be a benefit. I know in the past, the government provided negotiated contracts for local work, but we also have the Business Incentive Program. But if we can work closely with the different governments and organizations in the community so that we can identify projects and opportunities, generally if we have enough lead time, we know the work that's going to be done, the government work, we can find ways to do it. That's something that needs a lot of planning; it needs a lot of collaboration between departments and the communities. I think working with industry or small business, they can develop connections with communities so that they can hire local people when they have jobs in the communities as well. Thank you, Speaker-elect.
Bob McLeod on Questions by Members
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