Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have responsibility, Mr. Speaker, as employment Minister, as the Member well knows, and I am not going to sit there and suggest that we are not doing anything. This may be termed a strategy. We may not have the money, but we can certainly start working on identifying areas that employment should be created in. While we do not have the money, it is tied to the non-renewable resource development strategy. In the interim, we are working on programs like the maximizing northern employment and the human resource development plan. That is a plan of some $12 million, as I stated. We do not have that money. It is a proposal to the federal government as part of the non-renewable resource strategy, but it does not stop us from proceeding with trying to create employment here in the North. We have already identified in our money - which Members approved last spring -- an amount of $500 thousand. Thank you.
Jake Ootes on Question 175-14(3): Maximizing Northern Employment Strategy
In the Legislative Assembly on November 1st, 2000. See this statement in context.
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Question 175-14(3): Maximizing Northern Employment Strategy
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