Mr. Chairman, I provided those statistics at one time. The Member is very correct. In the communities, we've been able to support and maintain affirmative action people who are there on their own merit because they do have the qualifications. The corporation fully realizes that the availability of candidates for the more technical positions could be greater, these trained candidates are in our education system. One of the things I expressed to the Member when he asked the question is that if there are any specific people who are interested, I talked to the chairman of the board and we would be interested in knowing about them, and maybe we could arrange career path development, or something that would help. These people are not coming forward. I don't know if we can say that the Power Corporation is at fault, I think we all have to take that responsibility.
I again offer that opening to the Member. If there is someone specific, who doesn't quite have the qualifications, but is interested, the chairman of the board has made a commitment. If we have those names, we will have a talk with them and try to get them in a program to bring them up to the technical standards that are required. I just want to make sure you know that the door is not closed. The door is open. I think we have to take that approach with this corporation because there are highly technical requirements for some of the jobs, particularly in engineering and for some of the positions in headquarters. Those positions are generally responsible for more than just the community, but for the overall operations.
I just want to make sure that invitation is open. If there is someone who is interested, we should take special interest in that individual, to try to help them along. Thank you.