Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, in order to meet the requirements, especially for the people in the Mackenzie Delta, we as a government have to play a role in developing that industry. We have responsibilities in the areas of education, health and developing the infrastructure in our communities.
I find it appropriate that this government takes whatever means necessary to find the adequate resources that are going to be needed to develop the training programs, so we can have quality jobs for trained people. Also, we need to ensure we have the facilities to take on this large-scale development, such as hospitals and college facilities. We need to ensure that the infrastructure is there to be able to sustain this development, such as airports, highways and the facilities that are going to be needed to house this large-scale operation.
Regarding the development of the North and its people, I feel it is critical that we should not hear the industry say we do not have the trained people in our communities or region. I feel that is a copout.
As a government, we have a responsibility to ensure we have the human resources, so people can develop those skills through the college and other facilities to ensure they take full advantage of this development when it comes once again. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.