Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This falls in line with questions I was asking the Minister earlier today. We are allowing communities to take on responsibility through community empowerment, but we also have to find the mechanism to develop educational programs we deliver through Arctic College and take into account there are certain sectors out there, especially in the communities, that have to be looked at to develop skills of the people in the communities to take on these jobs when they get back.
If they complete these courses and different programs through Arctic College, business studies, social programs, nursing programs, the college, MACA and other departments, when they develop these educational programs, have to keep in mind these community empowerment initiatives that we are giving to the communities. There has to be a human resource development strategy so those people who want to go back and get involved in these community programs that are devolved for the communities have an opportunity to get themselves ready through some training programs. Once they conclude those programs, they can go back to their communities and feel comfortable in doing their jobs.
The big concern you hear from the communities is they want to hire local people to take on these jobs, but they do not meet the job description or requirements for those particular jobs. They may be lacking in certain areas, but if we can develop the program to ensure it covers most of those bases, those people who may have a background in accounting or in social program delivery will also have a program. As Mr. Erasmus mentioned, for income support, where they do not really have the experience of evaluating people in the right way, they can ensure those people who do come in know there is someone who has the training requirements. What kind of training requirements are they going to need? What goals are they setting for themselves so when they do take on an educational program, they have a goal at the end. What are you going to do once you have the certificate? Where are you going to fit into the community infrastructure? I do support this initiative. Thank you.