Mr. Speaker, I have a return to an oral question asked by Mr. Nitah, MLA for Tu Nedhe, on June 22, 2000, regarding whether public service career training dollars that lapsed in the past fiscal year would be used to develop aboriginal people in management.
Funding from the previous fiscal year is no longer available. However, the government is committed to increasing the representation of Northerners, including aboriginal people, in the public service including management positions. As part of that commitment, departments will ensure that funds available for training and support of affirmative action initiatives are used for that purpose.