Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today goes to the honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, and it has to do with the Human Resource Strategy for Non-Renewable Resource Development that we discussed in committee of the whole, Mr. Speaker.

I spoke about it yesterday and I commended the department and the Minister for coming up with that strategy. I believe that it gives a really good picture of the number of jobs that will be created by the industry and the number of people that should be trained in order to take those jobs. However, Mr. Speaker, I did point out the lack of information in that strategy having to do with programs available for women. The deputy minister of the department answered the questions. I am not sure if I am happy with that answer in that he focuses on the role of the employer and not the government in setting out priorities to make sure that women are able to take advantage of those employment opportunities as well as men.

So I would like to ask the Minister again, what is he doing to ensure that women can take advantage of the training opportunities, especially in the trades area, with this industry? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.