Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, last week was Mining Week in the Northwest Territories and we have received all kinds of literature on our desks regarding it. I'm very interested in mining in my area. Recently, in travelling in my constituency, some questions were raised about the government having a course for people in the north to study prospecting. So, I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, in this regard. Has the government or his department had in the past, or currently, a program to help people in the communities take prospecting courses so they can get involved in the mining industry as prospectors? Thank you.
Question 649-12(7): Status Of Community Prospecting Course
In the Legislative Assembly on June 19th, 1995. See this topic in context.
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Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, Mr. Speaker, the Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, in partnership with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, have run some prospecting courses here in Yellowknife and, I believe, in my honourable colleague's riding of Baker Lake. Thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. Todd. Supplementary, Mr. Antoine.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is this prospecting course a regular type of Arctic College Program or is it a program that the people of the community have to develop themselves, and request departmental funding for? Thank you.
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Thank you, Mr. Antoine. Mr. Todd.
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Thank you, Mr. Todd. Supplementary, Mr. Antoine.
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I'm familiar with Arctic College, Mr. Speaker, and these programs would be best suited to go into the communities to help communities get involved. I would like to
ask the Minister it that is possible; if communities are interested in running programs such as would they be developed, offered and delivered in the communities interested? Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis
Thank you. Mr. Todd.
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John Todd Keewatin Central
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we've already accomplished that, in Baker Lake, for example. And I believe that, at the request of the Prospectors' Association of Baker Lake, we are also doing it this summer. So, it certainly is possible. Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Brian Lewis
Final supplementary, Mr. Antoine. Okay, next, item 6, oral questions. Mr. Whitford.