Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to say, just so the honourable Members are aware, that based on the information we have received previously from both the information gathering we had with BHP and as a result of the Izok Lake project, there was an identification of a number of the requirements for the industry. That was the basis for our initial analysis; therefore, it identified actual job opportunities that would be available. What we now need to do is clearly articulate a longer-term training component that would allow the government to respond to human resource development in the surrounding region and for northerners generally outside this particular area.

I just want to say to the honourable Member that we've done a number of these. Along with the Dogrib Nation, for instance, we have a community employment facilitator who is, in fact, doing the analysis for us and providing us with information. We are also working with Human Resources Development Canada and North Slave Economic Development and Tourism, and we are completing a plan to maximize the employment of northerners in mining, and the plan should be completed by the end of this June. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.