Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. We have a deficit, a lack of tradespeople and educated professionals in the Northwest Territories. Businesses who want to hire locally often have to look south and hire people who don't have ties to the Northwest Territories who often come here, work and leave.

Recognizing that the programs we have in place currently aren't working, what can we do to train more tradespeople and train more of our local Northerners to be educated professionals? Thank you.