Thank you, Mr. Speaker. During my opening statement I made reference to the Student Employment Program that I am very concerned about. I complimented the Minister of Education for providing the private sector Student Employment Incentive Program which I think is very good. My area of concern lies with what the territorial government is doing in order to enhance student employment and make it easier for students to seek positions. My question is for the Minister of the Financial Management Board. As I mentioned, I found this publication called Broaden Your Horizons. It is a student guide to apply for employment with the federal government throughout Canada. It is an easy format to follow for students and it simplifies where to apply.
In our particular case in the territorial government, students have to, in Yellowknife here, and I am sure it is in some of the regional centres the same thing, run from building to building and department to department filling out application forms. If I want to get answers as to how many students have applied, I understand that I have to ask each particular Minister for that.
Two concerns; I want to know whether the territorial government has worked on producing anything that makes it easy for students to apply such as this particular publication. Then I would like to address the whole question of student employment rates. As I mentioned in my opening comments, there are rates set by the federal government. They range from $7.61 up to $15 for a PhD student. So, I would like to address those particular areas.
My first question for the Minister is have they worked on a program, not the private sector one which I compliment the government for on the territorial government employment for students, has the government worked on some program to make it easier for students to apply? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.