Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think I had better speak because we live by the principle that unless you speak, you are consenting to everything else that has been said here.

Mr. Chairman, I just want to say that I did not have a chance to read this until about a half-hour ago, and I think I have gone through and read most of it. I would like to say that I like what I see from the first look of it. I recall that I had asked the Minister a question in this House in the summer, asking whether the department had information that sort of looked like something like this, and I recall having a long conversation outside of here with the deputy minister about this.

I think this is really just a summary and sort of a bird's eye view of what we are facing, which is tremendous economic opportunities and having to deal with something that is really not a bad thing. You know, we have all these opportunities and we are trying to make sure our people are trained to take advantage of that.

I like the identification of issues and challenges which recognizes the lower educational levels of our population, especially the unemployed population, and recognizing the regional disparities between our communities. Certainly everyone would agree that some of the problems faced by communities are so different than the situation in larger centres, especially in Yellowknife.

I am concerned about the fact that we are not able to put in the kind of money we should be able to. We probably are not even spending anywhere near as much as the private sector can.

Many Members on this side were at the BHP site just this past weekend. We had a first-hand briefing about the employment situation there. I was just briefly going through my notes from that visit and they said they are looking for 150 trades people that they cannot find. They have surpassed their target and I have no reason to question their statistics. The impression I received was that they would hire any Northerner, aboriginal or non-aboriginal, who could do the work that they have available. I am getting the feeling that I have said all of this before. Sometimes you get that feeling here.

I wonder if I could just ask...I like the fact that you have numbers now. We know that we may need up to 5,000 jobs in a certain time period, ten years or something. We know there are about 3,000 people who are unemployed. That is a good thing that we know what we are dealing with now. You have a breakdown by region as to who is unemployed.

Seeing as we do not have $12 million infused into this program, I am assuming the department must be looking at what they have already, because you do have a budget for the non-conventional students, those who are in trades, who need upgrading, who need literacy. I wonder what the budget is for that and whether you are looking to use this document to coordinate what is already there. Just because we do not have massive amounts of money to put in there does not mean that we cannot be using this document. I am hoping you are using this document to look at what you have and the resources you have and to co-ordinate that effort.

At the same time, I would like some more information about what the stay in school campaign is about. I see that if you had the money, you would like to spend about $10,000 a year on that. I would also like to know what just-in-time training is.

I have an issue I would like to raise with the Minister later on, but maybe I could get a short answer to those questions, seeing as how I have already used 15 minutes. Thank you.