Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the government recognizes that we must work with our partners in this issue but, as the northern public government, we are interested in direct responsibility for coordination and management of human resource development activities and in ensuring that, wherever possible, the identified incremental monies are spent in the North.
As northerners, we have a significant investment in our public colleges and feel that, rather than having to reinvent the wheel and start over again, the monies would most likely be most efficiently spent through the college system.
Mr. Speaker, we have commenced meetings with NTI, NIC and the Nunavut Implementation Training Commission, as well as the federal government, to discuss what each of our roles will be in administering these funds. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.