Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the new Northern Employment Strategy that the Honourable Mr. Todd announced yesterday that will invest in our people. I feel that this will prove to be a very worthwhile program. It will bring the badly needed dollars into the right areas that we need it in. It is encouraging to see this government finally open its' purse strings and hopefully do some good in the important areas of training and job creation. My hope now is that our overworked staff can the time to promote and distribute the information to the communities and the private businesses so that they can access the components of this which will start us on the road to a better economy and healthier and more prosperous way of life for a good number of our residents. In this House, we have stressed over and over the need for job creation and training. We feel that the government has listened and responded with very good initiatives. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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